Human Rights, Justice and Constitutional Empowerment - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198068867 ISBN 13: 9780198068860

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

With a prolegomenon by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, this new edition explores how approaches to social justice, governance, and criminal justice in India have been influenced and defined by concepts of human rights and the directive principles of state policy of the Indian Constitution through the agency of the Supreme Court. It also examines the extent of constitutional empowerment that has been achieved in India and the relevance of the experience of other countries in understanding the process of promoting constitutionalism in India. The nineteen essays by distinguished scholars deal with, among other issues ,judicial responses to human rights violations and their relevance in transforming Indian society, the role of human rights in the development of constitutionalism in India, the horizontal applications of human rights, the relationship between freedom of the press and human rights, and the impact of corruption on human rights.

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About the Author

C. Raj Kumar is Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University and Dean of Jindal Global Law School, Haryana

K. Chockalingam is Professor, Tokiwa International Victimology Institute, Tokiwa University, Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0198068867
• ISBN 13: 9780198068860
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Kumar C. Raj, Chockalingam D.