Rethinking Law and Violence

Description

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. While acknowledging that law is fundamentally and inherently tied to violence, the objective of this eclectic collection is to respond to and engage with the violence of law by exploring alternate ways of conceptualizing, reading, practising, and making the law. 

About the Editors

Latika Vashist teaches at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India.

Jyoti Dogra Sood teaches at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India.

Contributors:

Nikita Agarwal

Upendra Baxi

Amit Bindal

Rachel Chenchiah

Anup Dhar 

Khushboo Jain

Abhayraj Naik

Sayres Rudy

Ashley Tellis

Latika Vashist

Shiv Visvanathan

Vishnupad

Table of contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Real of Law
2. ‘Human Rights’, ‘Rule of Law’, and ‘Violence’
3. Hegemony without Dominance: Notes on the Rule of Law in India
4. Law at the Heart of Violence
5. Violent Beasts and Legal Animals
6. Violence, Desire, and Death Penalty: Reactions on the Foundations of Modern Legal Subjectivity
7. Violence against the Law: Reading Sexual Minority Judgements in Contemporary India
8. Law, Violence, and Sexual Consent
9. Negated Agency, Silenced Voice, and the Continued Negotiations in the Spaces Within
10. Reflections on the Future of Violence

Epilogue: Approaches to Evil

Index

Notes on the Editors and Contributors