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Rethinking law and violence / edited by Latika Vashist and Jyoti Dogra Sood

Contributor(s): Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxvi, 398 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780190120993 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.1 VAS
Contents:
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.
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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.