Meghashree Dev
Found in 706 Collections and/or Records:
The Crisis of Civility and Representation, 2008
From the Justice S. Rangarajan Memorial Lecture, Bangalore.
The Crisis of the Indian Legal System, 1982
Upendra Baxi's 1982 book, The Crisis of the Indian Legal System, presents an introspective and critical analysis of the Indian legal system's failures to achieve its constitutional goals of a just and egalitarian society. The central argument is that the system suffers from a pervasive crisis of legitimation. Published by Vikas, New Delhi.
“The Crisis of the Legal System”, 2 July 1994
In The Times of India.
“The Defamation Bill: A Gateway to Censorship?”, 3 September 1988
The Defamation Bill: A Gateway to Censorship? (Times of India, September 3, 1987): Baxi critically analyzes proposed defamation legislation as a potential instrument for censoring free speech and press freedom. He examines how defamation laws can be misused to stifle dissent, critique government, and undermine democratic discourse under the guise of protecting reputations. In The Times of India.
The Development of the Right to Development,' in Janusz Symonides (ed. Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges, 1998
This work examines the emergence of the right to development within international human rights discourse. Baxi reflects on its conceptual foundations, political contestation, and normative significance, situating development within debates on equity, sovereignty, and global justice. Published by UNESCO, Dartmouth Ashgate and Paris, pg 99-116.
‘The Development of the Right to Development’ in Janusz Symonides (ed), Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges (Reprint), 2020
Published by Routledge, pg 99-116.
“The Disinformation Detox”, 9 June 2021
In The Indian Express.
“The Diverse Colours of Federallism, 9 February 2019
The Dreaming, Never to be Lost: A Critique of the Gove Land Rights Decision, 2020
This work critiques the Gove land rights decision by examining indigenous dispossession and legal recognition. Baxi reflects on colonial legality, property, and cultural survival, emphasizing the limits of judicial acknowledgment within settler legal frameworks. Published in the 1 JLHR pg 24-76.
The Dust of Empire’: The Dialectic of Self-Determination and Re-colonisation in the First Phase of the Cold War. In M. Craven, S. Pahuja, & G. Simpson (eds.), International Law and the Cold War, 2019
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge pg 397-413.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Law and Society 310
- Rape Law 52
- Human Rights Law 42
- Law and society 31
- Law 26
- Constitutional Law 24
- Judicial Law 23
- International Law 12
- Justice 8
- Environmental Law 7
- Bhopal Gas Tragedy 6
- Judiciary 6
- Jurisprudence 6
- Mathura Rape Case 6
- Constitution Law 4
- Copyright Law 4
- Crime 3
- Judgement 3
- Obituary 3
- environmental law 3
- AI and Law 2
- Defamation Bill 2
- Feminism 2
- Rule of Law 2
- Administrative Law 1
- American Conflicts Law 1
- Animal Law 1
- Bugdet 1
- Charles sobhraj 1
- Civil Law 1
- Civil Liberties 1
- Civil Rights 1
- Comparative Law 1
- Contract Law 1
- Contracts Law 1
- Election 1
- Family Law 1
- Genocide 1
- India 1
- Intellectual law 1
- Interview 1
- Journalism 1
- Judiaciary 1
- Judical Law 1
- Judicial post 1
- LAW 1
- Law and Judiciary 1
- Law and Theory 1
- Legal Theory 1
- Legal delays 1
- Maritime Law 1
- Money Bills 1
- News 1
- Police Bill 1
- Prasar Bharati Bill 1
- Presidential system 1
- Privacy Law 1
- Reservation 1
- ST/SC Human rights 1
- South Asia 1
- Tax Law 1
- Tribute 1
- UCC 1
- ecology and education 1
- law and economics 1
- reproductive freedom 1