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Meghashree Dev

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Found in 706 Collections and/or Records:

Foreword. Understanding the Mystery and Miracle of the Basic Structure, 2023

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Identifier: UB-005-01-02-87
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In this foreword, Baxi reflects on the basic structure doctrine’s resilience and ambiguity. He situates it within constitutional imagination, judicial power, and democratic anxiety, emphasizing its contested yet enduring significance. Published in the 16 NUJS L. Rev. 4.

Dates: Publication: 2023

Forthcoming. The Future of Human Rights, 4th Edition.

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Identifier: UB-005-01-03-28
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This forthcoming edition revisits evolving challenges to human rights. Baxi reflects on new forms of violence, inequality, and resistance, emphasizing uncertainty, adaptation, and the continuing struggle to make human rights responsive to suffering. Published by Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

Dates: 1965 - 2026

Forum Recht als Kultur: Upendra Baxi - Sovereign Debt, Human Rights, and Global Impoverishment, 2013

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Identifier: UB-005-01-08-09
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Forum Recht als Kultur: Sovereign Debt, Human Rights, and Global Impoverishment': Baxi analyzes the intersection of sovereign debt crises and human rights violations, examining how global financial systems and debt restructuring impact vulnerable populations. He likely explores the political economy of debt, structural adjustment policies, and the responsibility of international financial institutions in perpetuating global impoverishment and rights violations. Published by Law as Culture

Dates: 2013

Free us from the fear of rape, 9 January 1980

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Identifier: UB-005-01-09-05
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In Indian Express.

Dates: Publication: 9 January 1980

Freebies Free Ride and Courtcraft, 18 October 2024

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-226
Abstract The article examines the Supreme Court’s handling of the “freebies” litigation through the lens of courtcraft, discretion, and judicial administration. Without commenting on the merits, it questions the legitimacy of prioritising certain disputes and probes whether “evasive jurisprudence” operates through delayed scheduling by the Chief Justice as Master of the Roster. Revisiting the 2013 Balaji judgment, the piece interrogates why reconsideration was ordered and whether enforceable judicial...
Dates: Publication: 18 October 2024

“Freedom First”, 3 November 2019

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-119
Abstract This piece is a stirring defense of "liberty" as the foundational value of the Indian Republic. Baxi critiques the increasing use of "draconian" laws like UAPA and sedition to suppress dissent. He argues that in a "contest between the state and the individual," the "presumption of innocence" and "freedom first" must be the guiding principles. The synopsis captures Baxi’s plea for the judiciary to be the "sentinel on the qui vive" against the "arrest-first-investigate-later" culture. He...
Dates: Publication: 3 November 2019

“Freedom Most Reasonable”, 31 March 2015

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-44
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In The Indian Express.

Dates: Publication: 31 March 2015

Fresh summons to Charan Singh others, 5 October 1980

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Identifier: UB-005-01-09-44
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In The Times of India. (1861-) ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Times of India.

Dates: Publication: 5 October 1980

From Human Rights to the Right to Be Human: Some Heresies, 1986

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-53
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Baxi critically interrogates dominant human rights discourse, questioning its limits and exclusions. He proposes rethinking rights in terms of human dignity and lived suffering, challenging legal formalism and urging attention to voices and experiences often marginalized within institutional human rights frameworks. In India International Centre Quarterly Vol. 13, no. 3/4. pg 185-200.

Dates: Publication: 1986