Upendra Baxi
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The Right to be human, 1987
This book develops Baxi’s long-standing concern with human suffering and dignity. It reflects on the moral and legal foundations of rights, emphasizing the need to move beyond formal entitlements toward recognizing the conditions required for people to live as fully human beings. Published by Lancer International in association with India International Centre, New Delhi.
“The Rights of Nature are a Global Issue”, 28 April 2019
The Rights of Subordinated Peoples, 1994
Published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
The Rule of Law in India, 2007
This article examines the rule of law in India by tracing its constitutional foundations and institutional practices. Baxi reflects on how legality operates amid inequality, political power, and administrative discretion, emphasizing tensions between normative ideals and social realities. Published in the International Journal of Human Rights Vol. 6 No. 4, pg 7-25.
‘The Rule of Law in India: Theory and Practice’ in Randall Peerenboom (ed), Asian Discourses on Rule of law: Theory and Implementation of Rule of Law in Twelve Asian Countries, France and the United States, 2004
Baxi examines the rule of law in India by contrasting normative theory with institutional practice. He reflects on constitutionalism, governance, and inequality, highlighting gaps between formal commitment to rule of law and lived legal experience. Published by Curzon, London, pg 318-339.
“The Scale Tilts”, 20 April 2015
In Outlook.
The Second Gujarat Catastrophe, 2002
This work addresses violence in Gujarat by situating it within legal, political, and moral frameworks. Baxi reflects on state responsibility, justice, and accountability, emphasizing the failures of institutions in preventing, responding to, and addressing mass violence. Published in the Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 37 No. 34, pg 3519-531.
The Shadow of Law, 2005
Baxi reflects on the presence of law beyond formal legality. The essay examines how law operates indirectly through power, fear, and institutional practice, emphasizing the effects of legal authority even where formal enforcement is absent or uneven. Published in the India International Centre Quarterly Vol. 32 No. 1, pg 121-29
The Shaking of Foundations: Some thoughts on Jerome Hall’s Foundations of Jurisprudence, 1975
Upendra Baxi's "The Shaking of Foundations: Some thoughts on Jerome Hall’s Foundations of Jurisprudence" provides an analysis and critique of Jerome Hall's work on legal philosophy, highlighting the subjectivism in supposedly objective legal theories. Published in the Delhi Law Review, Volumes 4 and 5.
“The Ship has Reached the Shore”, 1 April 2023
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