The wages of impunity : Power, justice and human rights

By:

Kannabiran K G

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Hyderabad Orient Longman 2003Description: 372p ixISBN:

812502638X

Subject(s):

1. Legal System - India2. Human Rights - India3. Judiciary - India4. Judicial Power - India5. Social Justice - India6. Crime - Punishment - Status - India

DDC classification:

340.020000 KAN

Contents:

Contents: Preface ix; 1. The saga of impunity 1; 2. Justice must be seen to be done 13; 3. Colonial baggage 18; 4. Personal liberty after independence 30; 5. Progressive decay of democratic institutions 63; 6. The state as terrorist 83; 7. TADA: more repressive than Rowlatt 91; 8. Crime and punishment 102; 9. The weird jurisprudence of a dead act 106; 10. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 114; 11. A lament for the Constitution 118; 12. Why a Human Rights Commission? 123; 13. Granting the freedom to misuse freedom: secularism and minority rights 131; 14. Sanjay Dutt in the first person 163; 15. Can anti-secular parties govern? 168; 16. Narendra Modi's Hinduvta laboratory 173; 17. Scheduled castes: who's afraid of the law? 186; 18. Mr. President, the game was unequal 190; 19. We, the other people 195; 20. Competent but uncommitted judges 204; 21. What is wrong with judicial activism? 209; 22. What shall we do with our judiciary? 219; 23. A code of conduct for judges 225; 24. On the selection of judges: an open letter to the Chief Justice of India 231; 25. Collective action: the Andhra Pradesh lawyer's strike 235; 26. Governors and politics 241; 27. Privilege and obligation 245; 28. Political justice through concerted protest 262; 29. Defining right as wrong: reflections on associational freedoms and free speech 270; 30. Coca-cola and the Peoples' War Group 318; 31. Veerappan and the rule of law 322; 32. The Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee 327; 33. Koyyuru: reflections on a kidnap 331; 34. In the first person 338; List of cases 349; List of Statutes 352; Selected Bibliography 354; Index 359.

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Contents:
Preface ix;
1. The saga of impunity 1;
2. Justice must be seen to be done 13;
3. Colonial baggage 18;
4. Personal liberty after independence 30;
5. Progressive decay of democratic institutions 63;
6. The state as terrorist 83;
7. TADA: more repressive than Rowlatt 91;
8. Crime and punishment 102;
9. The weird jurisprudence of a dead act 106;
10. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 114;
11. A lament for the Constitution 118;
12. Why a Human Rights Commission? 123;
13. Granting the freedom to misuse freedom: secularism and minority rights 131;
14. Sanjay Dutt in the first person 163;
15. Can anti-secular parties govern? 168;
16. Narendra Modi's Hinduvta laboratory 173;
17. Scheduled castes: who's afraid of the law? 186;
18. Mr. President, the game was unequal 190;
19. We, the other people 195;
20. Competent but uncommitted judges 204;
21. What is wrong with judicial activism? 209;
22. What shall we do with our judiciary? 219;
23. A code of conduct for judges 225;
24. On the selection of judges: an open letter to the Chief Justice of India 231;
25. Collective action: the Andhra Pradesh lawyer's strike 235;
26. Governors and politics 241;
27. Privilege and obligation 245;
28. Political justice through concerted protest 262;
29. Defining right as wrong: reflections on associational freedoms and free speech 270;
30. Coca-cola and the Peoples' War Group 318;
31. Veerappan and the rule of law 322;
32. The Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee 327;
33. Koyyuru: reflections on a kidnap 331;
34. In the first person 338;
List of cases 349;
List of Statutes 352;
Selected Bibliography 354;
Index 359.

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