Rethinking Law and Violence

Herausgeber: Vashist, Latika; Sood, Jyoti Dogra

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Produktbeschreibung

Conceptualized outside the theoretical framing of both liberal as well as critical approaches, this book re-imagines the law by exploring the contradictions and polarities of in terms of its relationship with violence. It encompasses and interweaves themes and ideas as diverse as death penalty, community might, state sovereignty on the one hand, to animal rights, sexual consent, children's agency and LGBT rights, on the other.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 150mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780190120993
• ISBN-10: 0190120991
• Artikelnr.: 59758386

Autorenporträt

Latika Vashist teaches at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. Jyoti Dogra Sood teaches at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India. Jyoti Dogra Sood is Associate Professor, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* Acknowledgements
* List of Abbreviations
* Introduction
* The Real of Law
* 'Human Rights', 'Rule of Law', and 'Violence'
* Hegemony without Dominance: Notes on the Rule of Law in India
* Law at the Heart of Violence
* Violent Beasts and Legal Animals
* Violence, Desire, and Death Penalty: Reactions on the Foundations of
Modern Legal Subjectivity
* Violence against the Law: Reading Sexual Minority Judgements in
Contemporary India
* Law, Violence, and Sexual Consent
* Negated Agency, Silenced Voice, and the Continued Negotiations in the
Spaces Within
* Reflections on the Future of Violence
* Epilogue: Approaches to Evil
* Index
* Notes on the Editors and Contributors