The State’s Emissary: The Place of Law in Subaltern Studies’ in Partha Chatterjee and Gyanendra Pandey (eds), Subaltern Studies Volume 7, 1992
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: 1992
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
Baxi examines how law is treated within Subaltern Studies scholarship. He reflects on law as an instrument of state power and mediation, engaging critically with historiographical apgroaches to subaltern agency, domination, and the representation of legal institutions. Published in the Subaltern Studies Volume 7, pg 274-265.
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Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository