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Upendra Baxi

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Dialogue on Ambedkar: Upendra Baxi & Valerian Rodrigues, Session 1 - YouTube, 2013

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Identifier: UB-005-01-08-11
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Dialogue on Ambedkar: Upendra Baxi & Valerian Rodrigues, Session 1': Intellectual engagement with B.R. Ambedkar's constitutional philosophy, his vision for social justice, caste annihilation, democratization, and constitutional morality. Baxi and Rodrigues discuss Ambedkar's continuing relevance to contemporary Indian democracy, social movements, and constitutional interpretation. Published by Ambedkar University

Dates: 2013

“Died to Vote: Fierce Voter Wars & the Presidential Poll”, 13 November 2020

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-148
Abstract Reflecting on the US Presidential poll and voter suppression, Baxi discusses the "right to vote" as the "most fundamental of all rights." He analyzes the legal battles over mail-in ballots and "voter intimidation." Baxi compares these "voter wars" to the Indian experience, arguing that any attempt to "disenfranchise" citizens is an attack on the "basic structure" of democracy. The synopsis notes his warning that when the "ballot box" is threatened, the entire constitutional order is at risk....
Dates: Publication: 13 November 2020

Directions on Mathura Case tomorrow, 27 March 1980

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Identifier: UB-005-01-09-29
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In Hindustan Times.

Dates: Publication: 27 March 1980

Directive Principles and Sociology of Indian Law: A Reply to Dr. Jagat Narain, 1969

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-11
Abstract "Directive Principles and Sociology of Indian Law: A Reply to Dr. Jagat Narain" is a seminal academic article, likely by Upendra Baxi (cited in sources as author of similar works), published in the Journal of the Indian Law Institute, that engages in a legal debate about the status of India's Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSPs), arguing against Narain's view that DPSPs are fully binding laws equivalent to Fundamental Rights, instead positioning them as foundational to governance and...
Dates: Publication: 1969

Disasters, Catastrophes and Oblivion: A TWAIL Perspective, 2021

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-150
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Published in the Yearbook of International Disaster Law Online, 2, pg 72-86.

Dates: Publication: 2021

Discipline, Repression and Legal Pluralism, 1985

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-44
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This work examines the relationship between legal authority, social control, and plural legal orders. Baxi reflects on how state law interacts with informal, customary, and coercive forms of regulation, drawing attention to the ways discipline and repression operate across overlapping legal systems rather than through law alone. in Legal Pluralism: Proceedings of the Canberra Law Workshop VII, 51.

Dates: Publication: 1985

“Disquiet on Tilak Marg”, 25 October 2015

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-53
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In Outlook.

Dates: Publication: 25 October 2015

“Do we need a presidential system?”, 24 March 2017

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-61
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In The Hindu.

Dates: Publication: 24 March 2017

Does Life Indeed Begin at Sixty? Revisiting the UDHR as a ‘Single Garment of Destiny’ in a Hyperglobalized World, 2009

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-118
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Published in the Emory International Law Review, Vol. 23 No. 1, Pg 25-40.

Dates: Publication: 2009