Law and Society

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In Mainstream, Vol. XXIV, No 48. pg 25-32

Abstract Upendra Baxi's work on "Uniform Civil Code and Reform of Muslim Law: The Crisis of Commonsense" (likely a talk or paper from Bombay/Mumbai) critically analyzes the contentious debate over a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, arguing it's mired in flawed assumptions (a "crisis of commonsense") where religious identity clashes with gender justice and national integration, showing how personal laws, especially Muslim personal law, become sites for political power, legal ambiguity, and stalled...

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Published in the Journal of the Campus Law Centre 2,Pg 1-10.

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Published by Oakbridge.

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Published by N.M. Tripathi, Bombay.

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Published by EBCPublishing, Lucknow.

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Baxi explores the entanglement of development policies with violence and dissent. The essay examines how law responds to protest, resistance, and social conflict generated by development projects, highlighting tensions between state authority, popular movements, and constitutional promises. In the Reprint from the Law and Social Change, ILI.

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Reprint from Law and Social Change examining the relationship between state violence, political dissent, and development processes in India, analyzing how development projects generate conflict and the legal system's role in mediating or perpetuating violence. Presented at the Indo-US Commissions Seminar on Law and Social Change, Boston.

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This essay develops Baxi’s critique of abstract universality in human rights. He emphasizes fragmented experiences of suffering and argues for rights frameworks attentive to diverse contexts, inequalities, and power relations shaping whose suffering is recognized and whose remains marginalized. Published by Transnational Publishers. New York Ardsley, pg 101–56.

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Published by Popular Prakashan, Mumbai.