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............................................................................................................................DescriptionConcern for human rights is deeply rooted in the Indian constitutional system as a legacy of the country's struggle for independence. This remarkable book is a multi-dimensional examination of the contemporary state of human rights in India, the unresolved issues, and the challenges ahead. The contributors are a distinguished cross-generational selection of scholars and legal practitioners, specialists in the fields of human rights, criminal justice, and constitutional law.As the title suggests, the essays in this volume analyse a wide range of themes and show the integral connections between human rights, constitutionalism, justice, and good governance. While retaining the primary focus on India, the book also provides a wider perspective by making judicious use of international and comparative experience.Dedicated to Justice V.R. Krishna lyer, the book places the work of the passionately rights-oriented judge in today's context. Wide in its scope, it is organized into three parts: 'Constitutionalism, Human Rights, and Social Empowerment', 'Governance, Development, and Human Rights', and 'Criminal Justice, Victim Justice, and Women's Empowerment'. The subjects analysed in individual essays include constitutionalization and the realization of human rights, the freedom of the press and the rights discourse, compensatory discrimination, corruption and its impact on the rule of law, the right to development, social rights jurisprudence, environmental degradation and its effect on rights, justice for victims of crime, and sexual harassment.Among the distinguished scholars who have contributed to this book are Granville Austin, Upendra Baxi, Yash P. Ghai, N.R. Madhava Menon, Arjun Sengupta, Mahendra P Singh, and Soli J. Sorabjee.This comprehensive and multi-faceted volume will be of interest to scholars and students of human rights, criminal law, constitutional law, the Constitution of India, media law, sociology of law, and jurisprudence, as also policymakers and journalists.............................................................................................................................ContentsPart I - Constitutionalism, Human Rights, and Social Empowerment1. The Promise and Peril of Transcendental Jurisprudence: Justice Krishna lyer's Combat with the Production of Rightlessness in India - Upendra Baxi2. Constitutionalization and Realization of Human Rights in India - Mahendra P. Singh3. Horizontal Application of Fundamental Rights and State Action in India - Sudhir Krishnaswamy4. Freedom of the Press and the Human Rights Discourse: Managing the Tensions - N. Ravi5. Reflections on Free Speech and Broadcasting in India - Vikram Raghavan6. Equality and Compensatory Discrimination: The Indian Experience - Partnanand SinghPart II - Governance, Development, and Human Rights7. Corruption and its Impact on Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Governance Perspectives - C, Raj Kumar8. The Right to Development and its Implications for Governance Reform in India - Arjun Sengupta9. Judicial Governance and the Ideology of Human Right Reflections from a Social Movement Perspective - Balakrishnan Rajagopal10. Globalization and its Impact on the Realization of Human Rights: Indian Perspective on a Global Canvas - Surya Deva11. The Global Dialogue Among Courts: Social Rights Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of India from a Comparative Perspective - Arun Thiruvengadam12. Human Rights and Environmental Wrongs: Integrating the Right to Environment and Developmental Justice in the Indian Constitution - Cham Sharma13. The Human Rights Movement: Time to Turn the Searchlight Inwards - Venkat lyerPart III - Criminal Justice, Victim Justice, and Women's Empowerment14. Criminal Injustice: Impunity for Communal Violence in India - Smita Narula15. Criminality of the Marginalized Sections or the Lumpen-Proletariat Criminality: Critical Perspectives - B.B. Pande16. Towards Making Criminal Justice Human Rights-Friendly: Policy Choices and Institutional Strategies - N.R. Madhava Menon17. Victimology and Victim Justice: Human Rights Perspectives - K. Chockalingam18. India's International Obligations Towards Victims of Human Rights Violations: Implementation in Domestic Law and Practice - Lutz Oette19. Sexual Harassment and Violence against Women in India: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives - D.K. Srivastava Notes on Contributors............................................................................................................................Author DetailsC. Raj Kumar is Assistant Professor and Juris Doctor Programme Leader, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, China.K. Chockalingam is Professor of Victimology and Criminology, Tokiwa International Victimology Institute (TIVI), Tokiwa University, Mito, Japan.............................................................................................................................
