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Meghashree Dev

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Found in 708 Collections and/or Records:

“Toll Plazas And Judges: For Whom The Bell Tolls?”, 9 September 2018

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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-85
Abstract Baxi examines the intersection of judicial privilege and public law through the lens of toll exemptions for judges. He uses this seemingly minor issue to discuss the broader "culture of exception" and the "rule of law." The article questions whether such exemptions create a distance between the judiciary and the common citizen’s lived reality. Baxi argues that judges must be seen as "servants of the law" rather than a "privileged caste." The piece suggests that judicial dignity is better...
Dates: Publication: 9 September 2018

Too Many, or Too Few, Human Rights, 2001

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-91
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Published in the Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 1 No. 1, Pg 1-10.

Dates: Publication: 2001

‘Too Old to Laugh and Cry· Some Remarks on The State of Legal Education in India’ Ranbir Singh and T. S. Mann (eds), Reforms in Legal Education and Research, 2020

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Identifier: UB-005-01-02-82
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Baxi critically reflects on legal education in India. The essay examines institutional stagnation, reform efforts, and pedagogical challenges, emphasizing the consequences for professional ethics, access to justice, and legal scholarship. Published by Mohan Law House, Delhi.

Dates: Publication: 2020

“Touch it Not, If You Are Not a Historian” Toward a New Historiography of Colonial Indian Law: Recrafting Clio, 2018

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-143
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Published in the Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East Vol. 38 no. 3,Pg 375-384.

Dates: Publication: 2018

Toward an Optimism of the Intellect, 2021

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-151
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This reflective piece examines hope, critique, and responsibility in times of crisis. Baxi draws on critical theory to emphasize disciplined optimism grounded in struggle, knowledge, and ethical commitment rather than naïve faith in progress. From the GTI Forum ‘Can Human Solidarity Globalize?,’ Great Transition Initiative August.

Dates: Publication: 2021

Towards a climate change justice theory?, 2016

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-134
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This work reflects on emerging justice concerns raised by climate change. Baxi examines responsibility, inequality, and future-oriented obligations, emphasizing the limits of existing legal frameworks in addressing ecological harm and climate injustice. Published in the Journal of human rights and the environment, Vol. 7 no.1, pg 7-31.

Dates: Publication: 2016

Towards a General Assembly of Peoples: Notes for Conversion, 2007

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-112
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From the Symposium: Envisioning a More Democratic Global Democracy. Published in the Widener Law Review, Vol. 13 No. 2,Pg 401-418.

Dates: Publication: 2007

Towards a Sociology of Indian Law, 1985

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Identifier: UB-005-01-03-05
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This book advocates for understanding Indian law through sociological perspectives. Baxi examines how law interacts with power, social hierarchy, institutions, and historical processes, challenging purely formal or doctrinal readings and emphasizing law’s role in shaping—and being shaped by—Indian society. Published by ICSSR/Satvahan Publications, New Delhi.

Dates: Publication: 1985

Towards a Sociology of Indian Law, (Reprint with a new introduction), 2024

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Identifier: UB-005-01-03-27
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Published by Law & Justice Publishing Co.

Dates: Publication: 2024