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Challenges to Civil Rights Guarantees in India

Challenges to Civil Rights Guarantees in India

Author: Noorani; SAHRDC
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198074144
Published In: January 2012
Format: Hardback , 304 pages
Jurisdiction: India ? Disclaimer:
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Examines the impact of contemporary national and international developments on civil rights
Discusses relevant contemporary case law
Analyses current social and political issues
Comprehensively discusses the criminal justice system in India
Topical and up-to-date

This volume consisting of nine essays thoroughly examines the status of civil rights guarantees as enshrined in the Constitution of India. Discussing the contemporary social and political issues, and their handling by the state, it foregrounds different challenges faced by the civil rights framework in India. The essays elaborately analyse civil and criminal justice system, and cover topics, such as the death penalty, counter-terrorism activities, anti conversion laws, and freedom of speech. The work also brings out the complex relationship between curtailment of democratic tools of protest and enjoyment of civil rights,

Keeping in view recent international and national developments, the book focuses upon the threat faced by the civil rights regime from the state authorities. Further, this volume provides an overview of available national and international legal material on important contemporary issues in India. This timely and seminal work will not only be invaluable to the teachers, scholars, and students of law, but also appeal to general readers.

Readership: Lawyers, policymakers, researchers, as well as teachers and students of law and politics.

Acknowledgements
Dedication
Preface
Introduction
1: Preventive Detention
2: Extra Judicial Killings
3: Counter Terrorism
4: Death Penalty
5: Narcoanalysis
6: Undertrials and Videoconferencing
7: Acts of Bad Faith: Anti-Conversion Laws
8: Impunity
9: Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act: Urgency of Review
Bibliography
Index

Edited by Noorani, Advocate Supreme Court of India and Independent Scholar

SAHRDC, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre

A.G. Noorani is Advocate, Supreme Court of India and independent scholar and commentator on constitutional law issues. SAHRDC is Secretariat of the Asia Pacific Human Rights Network.

"The commentary is lucid, the style accessible, and the breadth of coverage admirable." - Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association