Upendra Baxi
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Politics as Religion: Constitution (Eightieth) Amendment Bill, 1993
This piece comments on the Constitution Eightieth Amendment Bill, reflecting on constitutional change, political symbolism, and governance. Baxi examines how constitutional amendments can acquire ideological and quasi-religious significance within political discourse and public debate. Published in the Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 28 No. 39, pg 2052-054.
“Politics Of Embarrassment”, 13 May 2018
‘Politics of reading human rights: inclusion and exclusion within the production of human rights’ in S. Meckled-García and B. Cali (eds.), The legalization of human rights: multidisciplinary perspectives on human rights and human rights law, 2006
Published by Routledge, London,Pg 167-184.
Popular justice, participatory development and power politics: The Lok Adalat in turmoil, 1985
Published in People’s Law and State Law: The Bellagio Papers 171.
Postcolonial Legality: A Postscript from India, 2012
This essay reflects on postcolonial legality from an Indian perspective. Baxi examines how law mediates between colonial inheritance and contemporary governance, emphasizing ambiguity, adaptation, and contestation in postcolonial legal orders. Published in the Verfassung Und Recht in Übersee / Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America Vol. 45 No. 2, pg 178-94
Power and Social Action, 1996
Law in Context: A Socio-Legal Journal, 14, 1, pg 25-30.
Power Brokers Beware: Bunker Cometh, 5 July 1986
In Mainstream, Vol. XXIV, No 44. pg 27-28
“Prasar Bharati Bill Limits Autonomy”, 28 March 1990
In The Times of India.
Pre-Marxist Socialism and the Supreme Court of India, 1983
4 SCC [Jour] 3.
‘Preface’, in Judicial Activism in India by S.P. Sathe, 2001
Baxi examines the legal implications of the post–9/11 military campaign known as Operation Enduring Freedom. He reflects on international law, sovereignty, security, and human rights, questioning shifts in legal norms under conditions of global war. Published by Oxford University Press, Delhi.
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