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Rethinking Indian jurisprudence: an introduction to the philosophy of law

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Routledge London 2018Description: 218 pISBN:
  • 9781138107090
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.10954  R2R3
Summary: "What is law? What is the source of law? What is the law for? How does law differ from other norms or codes of conduct? What is the difference between law and morality? Who is obligated to follow the law and why? What is the difference between moral and legal obligation?This book addresses these foundational questions about the law in general, and seeks to reorient our thoughts to the specific nature of law in India, the India of today, and the possible India of the future. This volume:covers relevant foundational elements, concepts and questions of the discipline; brings the uniqueness of Indian Philosophy of Law to the fore; critically analyses the major theories of jurisprudence; examines legal debates on secularism, rationality, religion, rights, caste politics; and presents useful cases and examples, including free speech, equality and reservation, queer law, rape and security, and the ethics of organ donation. Lucid and accessible, the book will be indispensable to students, teachers and scholars of law, philosophy, politics as well as philosophy of law, sociology of law, legal theory and jurisprudence."--Provided by publisher. (https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Indian-Jurisprudence-An-Introduction-to-the-Philosophy-of-Law/Rathore-Goswamy/p/book/9781138630314)
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Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Elements of the Philosophy of Law

1. Law and Morality

2. Christian Sources of Secular Law

3. The Cannibal’s Guide to Jurisprudence

4. Law and Rationality

5. Wronging Rights?

Part II: Towards an Indian Philosophy of Law

6. Towards an Indian Philosophy of Law

7. From Dharmashastra to Modern Hindu Law

8. The Persistence of Caste

9. The Politics of Shariat

10. Gandhi’s Affirmation of Law

11. Ambedkarite Jurisprudence

Part III: Applying Legal Philosophy to Indian Cases

12. Free Speech and All India Bakchod

13. Equality and Reservation

14. Queering Law

15. Rape and Security—A Buddhist Vantage Point

16. The Ethics of Organ Donation

17. Indian Supreme Court Jurisprudence: Five Exemplary Cases

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

"What is law? What is the source of law? What is the law for? How does law differ from other norms or codes of conduct? What is the difference between law and morality? Who is obligated to follow the law and why? What is the difference between moral and legal obligation?This book addresses these foundational questions about the law in general, and seeks to reorient our thoughts to the specific nature of law in India, the India of today, and the possible India of the future. This volume:covers relevant foundational elements, concepts and questions of the discipline; brings the uniqueness of Indian Philosophy of Law to the fore; critically analyses the major theories of jurisprudence; examines legal debates on secularism, rationality, religion, rights, caste politics; and presents useful cases and examples, including free speech, equality and reservation, queer law, rape and security, and the ethics of organ donation. Lucid and accessible, the book will be indispensable to students, teachers and scholars of law, philosophy, politics as well as philosophy of law, sociology of law, legal theory and jurisprudence."--Provided by publisher.

(https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Indian-Jurisprudence-An-Introduction-to-the-Philosophy-of-Law/Rathore-Goswamy/p/book/9781138630314)

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