Inconvenient Forum and Convenient Catastrophe: The Bhopal Case, 1986
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: 1986
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Amita Dhanda (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Focusing on the Bhopal gas disaster, this essay critiques forum selection and jurisdictional strategies in transnational litigation. Baxi highlights how procedural choices shaped accountability, justice, and redress, exposing the limitations of legal systems when confronted with mass industrial catastrophes. Published by N.M. Tripathi, Bombay.
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository