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Sharunya

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Found in 703 Collections and/or Records:

“Law In Books Versus Law In Action?”, 23 November 2019

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-121
Abstract Baxi explores the "great divide" between progressive legislation and its failed implementation on the ground. He uses Roscoe Pound’s famous distinction to critique the "symbolic" nature of many Indian laws (like those against untouchability or dowry). The article argues that the "law-in-books" creates a "false sense of progress" while the "law-in-action" remains hostage to social power and police apathy. The synopsis notes Baxi’s call for "socially auditing" laws. He suggests that true...
Dates: Publication: 23 November 2019

Law of Treaties in the Contemporary Practice of India, 1965

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-01
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Published in the Reprint from the Indian Yearbook of International Affairs.

Dates: Publication: 1965

Law, Struggle and Social Change: An Agendum for Activists, 1985

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-43
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Published by the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. 110-125

Dates: Publication: 1985

Law teachers suggest changes in rape law, 8 May 1980

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Identifier: UB-005-01-09-41
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In Indian Express.

Dates: Publication: 8 May 1980

Law, Violence and Conscience, 1972

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-13
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The work is a piece of Baxi's early scholarship and a precursor to his later, acclaimed work on the sociology of Indian law, human rights, and social justice. It explores the complex and often contradictory relationship between formal legal systems and the realities of violence and individual moral conscience. Published in The Journal of Sydney University Law Society, BlackAcre. pg 31-34

Dates: Publication: 1972

‘Lawless Law, Living Death, and the Insurgent Moral Reason of Babasaheb Ambedkar’ in Aakash Singh Rathore (eds.) B. R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice, Vol 3, Legal and Economic Justice, 2020

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Identifier: UB-005-01-02-81
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Baxi examines Ambedkar’s moral and legal reasoning as insurgent critique. The essay reflects on law’s capacity to produce suffering while also enabling resistance, emphasizing Ambedkar’s challenge to caste, exclusion, and juridical violence. Published by Oxford: OUP.

Dates: Publication: 2020

Law’s Ethical, Global and Theoretical Contexts: Essays in Honour of William Twining, 2015

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Identifier: UB-005-01-03-25
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In this contribution, Baxi engages with themes central to William Twining’s scholarship. He reflects on law’s ethical and global dimensions, emphasizing pluralism, contextual reasoning, and the responsibilities of legal theory in an interconnected world. Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Dates: Publication: 2015