1st Edition

The Indian Yearbook of Law and Interdisciplinary Studies Pluralistic Discourse

Edited By Ranita Nagar, Hiteshkumar Thakkar Copyright 2022
216 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

216 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

216 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This yearbook focuses on law and its interdisciplinarity in India. It brings together scholars of law, economics, and policy to foster multidisciplinary thinking and analysis across subject areas. The contributors to this volume embody an interdisciplinary spirit through their academic experience and aim to bring to the fore unique suggestions for a better understanding of the law. The volume... Read more

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Yearbook

 

Chapter 1:  Anthropogenic Harms and Market Fundamentalisms: How to avoid the turning of 'Solutions' into further  'Problems’?

Upendra Baxi

 

Chapter 2:  Outside Influence on Democratic Elections

Saul Levmore

 

Chapter 3:  Jammu & Kashmir’s constitutional status: Constitutional bargain and ‘erosion’ of Article 370

Zaid Deva

 

Chapter 4: Violence in Public and Private Spaces: A Behavioural Economic Analysis of Women-specific Legislation in India

Rasananda Panda and Aneri Patel

 

Chapter 5: The Stick and Carrot approach towards Environmental Fiscal Reform in India

Stephanus van Zyl

 

Chapter 6: Is there a Case for Basic Income Support in India? Assessment based on verifiable criteria

Ram Singh

 

Chapter 7: “To censor or not to censor” – Is it a legal or social conundrum?

Joshua Aston and Cecilia Anthony Das

 

Chapter 8: The Governance of Property: The Gift Economy and the Sikh Gurudwaras Act 1925

Jaivir Singh and Anmol Waraich

 

Chapter 9: Using contemporary literature and popular culture to study law: The possibilities inherent in fantasy fiction and Harry Potter

Shouvik Kumar Guha

 

Chapter 10: Interdisciplinary Legal Studies: An Indian Perspective: The Necessity of teaching History to Law Students

V.S. Elizabeth

 

Chapter 11: Women and Empowerment: Pay Disparity in Organised and Unorganised Sector

Hiteshkumar Thakkar and Anant Agarwal

 

Index

 

Biography

Ranita Nagar is Professor of Economics and Director of Center for Law and Economics, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India.

Hiteshkumar Thakkar is Assistant Professor of Economics at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India. He holds a PhD degree in Economics & Law. His areas of research interest are macroeconomics, and law & economics. He has edited numerous books and has published several papers in indexed journals.