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Human rights and the constitution : Vision and the reality

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Publication details: New Delhi Gyan Publishing House 2003Description: 397pISBN:
  • 9788121208192
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.085000 SAK
Contents:
Contents: Preface; Notes on contributors; Introduction / K.P. Saksena; Human rights and the constitution: an overview / Sujata V. Manohar; The promise, the content and the performance: human rights provisions and the Indian Constitution / V.S. Mani; Human rights and judicial activism: challenges and opportunities / Prof. Mool Chand Sharma; Public interest litigation / J.C. Batra; Constitutional governance and economic-social rights / N.R. Madhava Menon; State accountability for torture and custodial crimes / Abhishek M. Singhvi; Protection of right to life and personal liberty (Art. 21) and law enforcement / Chaman Lal; Right to equality / K.P. Saksena; Women's right to equality; from theory to practice / Jayashree Gupta; Right to equality for women and ground realities / Smt. Pritam Arora; Minorities and the right to equality / Imtiaz Ahmad; Right to education / R.M. Pal; Constitution and human rights culture / G.S. Bhargava; International human rights conventions and treaties: their applicability in domestic jurisdiction / Rajindar Sachar; Domestic application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; with special reference to rights of minority in India / Abdulrahim P. Vijapur.
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Contents:
Preface;
Notes on contributors;
Introduction / K.P. Saksena;
Human rights and the constitution: an overview / Sujata V. Manohar;
The promise, the content and the performance: human rights provisions and the Indian Constitution / V.S. Mani;
Human rights and judicial activism: challenges and opportunities / Prof. Mool Chand Sharma;
Public interest litigation / J.C. Batra;
Constitutional governance and economic-social rights / N.R. Madhava Menon;
State accountability for torture and custodial crimes / Abhishek M. Singhvi;
Protection of right to life and personal liberty (Art. 21) and law enforcement / Chaman Lal;
Right to equality / K.P. Saksena;
Women's right to equality;
from theory to practice / Jayashree Gupta;
Right to equality for women and ground realities / Smt. Pritam Arora;
Minorities and the right to equality / Imtiaz Ahmad;
Right to education / R.M. Pal;
Constitution and human rights culture / G.S. Bhargava;
International human rights conventions and treaties: their applicability in domestic jurisdiction / Rajindar Sachar;
Domestic application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
with special reference to rights of minority in India / Abdulrahim P. Vijapur.