Postcolonial Legality: A Postscript from India, 2012
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 2012
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This essay reflects on postcolonial legality from an Indian perspective. Baxi examines how law mediates between colonial inheritance and contemporary governance, emphasizing ambiguity, adaptation, and contestation in postcolonial legal orders. Published in the Verfassung Und Recht in Übersee / Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America Vol. 45 No. 2, pg 178-94
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Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository