South Asia
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Jaina Law and Society
Series: Routledge Advances in Jaina Studies
The struggle for the legal recognition of the Jain community in India as a religious minority from 1992 onwards has generated a renewed interest in Jaina law and an intense debate on the question of Jain identity in the context of the wider question of the interface between religion, society, law...
To Be Published February 27th 2014 by Routledge
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Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Focusing on Sri Lanka, this book offers a new perspective on contemporary debates about nationalism in South Asia. It looks at the ‘capture’ of Buddhism by a highly fetishsised form of Sinhalese nationalism in the colonial and postcolonial periods, and the framing of subsequent key constitutional...
To Be Published July 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Focusing on Sri Lanka, this book offers a new perspective on contemporary debates about nationalism in South Asia. It looks at the ‘capture’ of Buddhism by a highly fetishsised form of Sinhalese nationalism in the colonial and postcolonial periods, and the framing of subsequent key constitutional...
To Be Published July 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Transitional Justice in South Asia
A Study of Afghanistan and Nepal
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Offering a comparative case study of transitional justice processes in Afghanistan and Nepal, this book critically evaluates the way the "local" is consulted in post-conflict efforts toward peace and reconciliation. It argues that there is a tendency in transitional justice efforts to contain the...
Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
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Religious Freedom in India
Sovereignty and (Anti) Conversion
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Drawing on the critical and theoretical concepts of sovereignty, biopolitics, and necropolitics, this book examines how a normative liberal and secular understanding of India’s religious identity is translatable by Hindu nationalists into discrimination and violence against minoritized religious...
Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
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Religious Freedom in India
Sovereignty and (Anti) Conversion
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Drawing on the critical and theoretical concepts of sovereignty, biopolitics, and necropolitics, this book examines how a normative liberal and secular understanding of India’s religious identity is translatable by Hindu nationalists into discrimination and violence against minoritized religious...
Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
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UNCLOS and Ocean Dispute Settlement
Law and Politics in the South China Sea
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) offers a legal framework for the sustainable development of the oceans and their natural resources. However, recently there have been calls to amend the Convention due to some ambiguous provisions which are unable to address a variety of...
Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge
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Antarctic Security in the Twenty-First Century
Legal and Policy Perspectives
The Antarctic Treaty (1959) was adopted for the purpose of bringing peace and stability to Antarctica and to facilitate cooperation in scientific research conducted on and around the continent. It has now been over fifty years since the signing of the treaty, nevertheless security continues to...
Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
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Kashmir’s Right to Secede
A Critical Examination of Contemporary Theories of Secession
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
A separatist conflict has been ongoing in India-administered Kashmir since 1989. Focusing on this region, this book critiques the existing normative theories of secession, and offers a comprehensive examination of the right of sub-groups to secede. The book looks at the different accounts of the...
Published February 15th 2012 by Routledge
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Non-discrimination and Equality in India
Contesting Boundaries of Social Justice
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Social Justice is a concept familiar to most Indians but one whose meaning is not always understood as it signifies a variety of government strategies designed to enhance opportunities for underprivileged groups. By tracing the trajectory of social justice from the colonial period to the present,...
Published November 16th 2011 by Routledge
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Justice, Democracy and State in India
Reflections on Structure, Dynamics and Ambivalence
This book explores how the liberal conception of justice with all its ideological underpinnings is reflected in the framing and working of the Constitution of India, in the adoption of broader socio-economic objectives, in the functioning of judicial and state institutions, and in the formulation...
Published March 30th 2011 by Routledge India
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Development–induced Displacement, Rehabilitation and Resettlement in India
Current Issues and Challenges
Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
Compulsory land acquisition and involuntary displacement of communities for a larger public purpose captures the tension of development in the modern state, with the need to balance the interests of the majority while protecting the rights of the minority. In India, informal estimates of...
Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
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Resettling Displaced People
Policy and Practice in India
Developmental projects have long been displacing people in large numbers every year, but it is only in recent years that the fate of those adversely affected has become an issue of widespread concern requiring urgent action. This volume is the scholarly exploration of these critical issues in a...
Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge India
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The Meaning of the Local
Politics of Place in Urban India
By zooming in on urban localities in India and by unpacking the 'meaning of the local' for those who live in them, the ten papers in this volume redress a recurrent asymmetry in contemporary debates about globalisation. In much literature, the global is associated with transnationalism,...
Published February 9th 2011 by UCL Press
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Makeshift Migrants and Law
Gender, Belonging, and Postcolonial Anxieties
This book unmasks the cultural and gender stereotypes that inform the legal regulation of the migrant. It critiques the postcolonial perspective on how belonging and non-belonging are determined by the sexual, cultural, and familial norms on which law is based as well as the historical backdrop of...
Published July 27th 2010 by Routledge India
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Redefining Family Law in India
‘Family Law’ refers to the set of legal rules which are in practice in India with regards to ‘family’ issues – marriage, divorce, inheritance, etc. This volume is a collection of articles by different scholars across disciplines to generate a discourse on just Family Law. Main features: it is...
Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge India