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  1. Indian Constitutional Law New Challenges

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    Indian Constitutional Law New Challenges

    LL.M. · SEMESTER 1

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    Indian Constitutional Law New Challenges

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    Contents

    Module I

    1. How to Read the Constitution 1
    2. What Federalism Is 6
    3. Is India a Federation? 10
    4. The Union and Its Territory 16
    5. Making and Remaking States 20
    6. The Legislative Lists 25
    7. Pith and Substance 30
    8. Colourable Legislation and Incidental Encroachment 35
    9. Repugnancy and the Occupied Field 40
    10. Residuary Power 45
    11. When Parliament May Legislate on a State Subject 49
    12. The Reach of a Legislature 54
    13. Administrative Relations and Federal Comity 58
    14. Inter-State Water Disputes 63
    15. The Inter-State Council and the Commissions 68
    16. Fiscal Federalism 72
    17. The Goods and Services Tax and Its Council 78
    18. Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse 83
    19. The Governor 88
    20. Emergency and the Federal Balance 94
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    Module I continued

    1. President's Rule 100
    2. Article 370 105
    3. Asymmetric Federalism: Articles 371 to 371-J 110
    4. Union and State Disputes in Court 115
    5. Cooperative and Competitive Federalism 119
    6. Why the Definition of "State" Decides Everything 124
    7. The Named Authorities 128
    8. "Other Authorities": The Early Cases 132
    9. The Instrumentality Test 136
    10. The Retreat, and What Survived It 141
    11. Is the Judiciary "State"? 146
    12. Private Bodies and Public Functions 150
    13. Liberalisation, Privatisation and the Case for Widening Article 12 154
    14. Article 13: Laws Inconsistent with Fundamental Rights 159
    15. Eclipse, Severability and Waiver 164

    Module II

    1. The Equality Code 170
    2. Equality Before the Law and Equal Protection 174
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    Module II continued

    1. Reasonable Classification 178
    2. Arbitrariness 183
    3. Articles 15 and 16: The Prohibited Grounds 188
    4. Reservation in Education 192
    5. Reservation in Public Employment 196
    6. The Ceiling on Reservation 200
    7. The Creamy Layer 204
    8. Reservation in Promotion 209
    9. Economically Weaker Sections 213
    10. The Lists, and the Commissions That Watch Them 217
    11. Protective Discrimination 222
    12. Privatisation and Affirmative Action 226
    13. Saving of Laws: Articles 31A, 31B and 31C 231
    14. Untouchability and Titles 236
    15. The Empowerment of Women: The Constitutional Scheme 240
    16. Special Provision for Women 244
    17. Women at Work 248
    18. Sexual Harassment at the Workplace 253
    19. Women, Religion and Personal Law 258
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    Module II continued

    1. Women in Local Government 263
    2. The 106th Amendment, and Why It Has Not Started 267
    3. Freedom of Speech, and the Freedom of the Press Inside It 271
    4. The Grounds of Reasonable Restriction 275
    5. Prior Restraint and Pre-Censorship 279
    6. The Press and the Legislature 283
    7. The Right to Information 287
    8. Speech Online 291
    9. Privacy, Surveillance and Data 296
    10. Hate Speech, Fake News and Broadcasting 300
    11. New Scientific Development and the Freedom of Speech 305

    Module III

    1. Article 21: From Gopalan to Maneka 309
    2. Procedure Established by Law 315
    3. The Expansion of "Life" 320
    4. Livelihood and Shelter 325
    5. Health and the Environment 331
    6. Education Before Article 21A 337
    7. Article 21A and the Right to Education Act 343
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    Module III continued

    1. Privacy 349
    2. Dignity, Autonomy and the End of Life 354
    3. Article 20: The Protections of an Accused 360
    4. Preventive Detention 366
    5. The Right Against Exploitation 372
    6. Article 32 and the Writs 378
    7. Article 226 384
    8. Limits: Articles 33, 34 and 35 390
    9. Public Interest Litigation 396
    10. Compensatory Jurisprudence 402
    11. Continuing Mandamus and Judicial Guidelines 408
    12. Hartal and Bandh 414
    13. The Right to Property 420
    14. The Directive Principles 426
    15. The Fundamental Duties 432
    16. Who Is a Minority? 438
    17. Article 29: The Right to Conserve 444
    18. Article 30: To Establish and to Administer 450
    19. State Control and Regulation 456
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    Module III continued

    1. The Eleven-Judge Answer 462
    2. After the Eleven-Judge Answer 467
    3. Minority Institutions and the Right to Education Act 473
    4. Linguistic Minorities 479
    5. What Secularism Means Here 485
    6. Articles 25 and 26 491
    7. Essential Religious Practices 497
    8. Religious Taxation and Religious Instruction 503
    9. Secularism as a Basic Feature 509
    10. Religious Fanaticism 515
    11. A Uniform Civil Code 521

    Module IV

    1. Separation of Powers: The Doctrine 527
    2. The Indian Scheme 533
    3. Delegated Legislation 539
    4. Judicial Review 545
    5. Ultra Vires 551
    6. The Amending Power 557
    7. The Basic Structure 563
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    Module IV continued

    1. The Appointment of Judges 569
    2. The National Judicial Appointments Commission 575
    3. Transfer and Removal of Judges 581
    4. Judicial Independence 587
    5. Judicial Accountability 593
    6. Judicial Activism, Restraint and Overreach 599
    7. Legislative Privilege 605
    8. Advisory Jurisdiction 611
    9. Complete Justice: Article 142 617
    10. The Supreme Court 623
    11. The High Courts 629
    12. The Subordinate Judiciary 635
    13. Tribunals 640
    14. The Rule of Law 646
    15. Democracy and Free and Fair Elections 652
    16. The Election Commission 658
    17. Articles 325 to 329 664
    18. The Voter's Right to Know 670
    19. Electoral Reform and the Criminalisation of Politics 675
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    Module IV continued

    1. The Funding of Elections 681
    2. Defection and the Tenth Schedule 687
    3. Grass Root Democracy: The Panchayats 693
    4. Urban Local Government: The Municipalities 699
    5. The Nexus of Politics, Crime and Business 705
    6. The New Challenges 711
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    Notes
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    Papers
    Previous year question paper solutions. Revised edition 2026. 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
    Every chapter in the notes: 136 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I 35 chapters

    1. 1 How to Read the Constitution pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 What Federalism Is pages 6 to 9
    3. 3 Is India a Federation? pages 10 to 15
    4. 4 The Union and Its Territory pages 16 to 19
    5. 5 Making and Remaking States pages 20 to 24
    6. 6 The Legislative Lists pages 25 to 29
    7. 7 Pith and Substance pages 30 to 34
    8. 8 Colourable Legislation and Incidental Encroachment pages 35 to 39
    9. 9 Repugnancy and the Occupied Field pages 40 to 44
    10. 10 Residuary Power pages 45 to 48
    11. 11 When Parliament May Legislate on a State Subject pages 49 to 53
    12. 12 The Reach of a Legislature pages 54 to 57
    13. 13 Administrative Relations and Federal Comity pages 58 to 62
    14. 14 Inter-State Water Disputes pages 63 to 67
    15. 15 The Inter-State Council and the Commissions pages 68 to 71
    16. 16 Fiscal Federalism pages 72 to 77
    17. 17 The Goods and Services Tax and Its Council pages 78 to 82
    18. 18 Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse pages 83 to 87
    19. 19 The Governor pages 88 to 93
    20. 20 Emergency and the Federal Balance pages 94 to 99
    21. 21 President's Rule pages 100 to 104
    22. 22 Article 370 pages 105 to 109
    23. 23 Asymmetric Federalism: Articles 371 to 371-J pages 110 to 114
    24. 24 Union and State Disputes in Court pages 115 to 118
    25. 25 Cooperative and Competitive Federalism pages 119 to 123
    26. 26 Why the Definition of "State" Decides Everything pages 124 to 127
    27. 27 The Named Authorities pages 128 to 131
    28. 28 "Other Authorities": The Early Cases pages 132 to 135
    29. 29 The Instrumentality Test pages 136 to 140
    30. 30 The Retreat, and What Survived It pages 141 to 145
    31. 31 Is the Judiciary "State"? pages 146 to 149
    32. 32 Private Bodies and Public Functions pages 150 to 153
    33. 33 Liberalisation, Privatisation and the Case for Widening Article 12 pages 154 to 158
    34. 34 Article 13: Laws Inconsistent with Fundamental Rights pages 159 to 163
    35. 35 Eclipse, Severability and Waiver pages 164 to 169

    Module II 32 chapters

    1. 36 The Equality Code pages 170 to 173
    2. 37 Equality Before the Law and Equal Protection pages 174 to 177
    3. 38 Reasonable Classification pages 178 to 182
    4. 39 Arbitrariness pages 183 to 187
    5. 40 Articles 15 and 16: The Prohibited Grounds pages 188 to 191
    6. 41 Reservation in Education pages 192 to 195
    7. 42 Reservation in Public Employment pages 196 to 199
    8. 43 The Ceiling on Reservation pages 200 to 203
    9. 44 The Creamy Layer pages 204 to 208
    10. 45 Reservation in Promotion pages 209 to 212
    11. 46 Economically Weaker Sections pages 213 to 216
    12. 47 The Lists, and the Commissions That Watch Them pages 217 to 221
    13. 48 Protective Discrimination pages 222 to 225
    14. 49 Privatisation and Affirmative Action pages 226 to 230
    15. 50 Saving of Laws: Articles 31A, 31B and 31C pages 231 to 235
    16. 51 Untouchability and Titles pages 236 to 239
    17. 52 The Empowerment of Women: The Constitutional Scheme pages 240 to 243
    18. 53 Special Provision for Women pages 244 to 247
    19. 54 Women at Work pages 248 to 252
    20. 55 Sexual Harassment at the Workplace pages 253 to 257
    21. 56 Women, Religion and Personal Law pages 258 to 262
    22. 57 Women in Local Government pages 263 to 266
    23. 58 The 106th Amendment, and Why It Has Not Started pages 267 to 270
    24. 59 Freedom of Speech, and the Freedom of the Press Inside It pages 271 to 274
    25. 60 The Grounds of Reasonable Restriction pages 275 to 278
    26. 61 Prior Restraint and Pre-Censorship pages 279 to 282
    27. 62 The Press and the Legislature pages 283 to 286
    28. 63 The Right to Information pages 287 to 290
    29. 64 Speech Online pages 291 to 295
    30. 65 Privacy, Surveillance and Data pages 296 to 299
    31. 66 Hate Speech, Fake News and Broadcasting pages 300 to 304
    32. 67 New Scientific Development and the Freedom of Speech pages 305 to 308

    Module III 37 chapters

    1. 68 Article 21: From Gopalan to Maneka pages 309 to 314
    2. 69 Procedure Established by Law pages 315 to 319
    3. 70 The Expansion of "Life" pages 320 to 324
    4. 71 Livelihood and Shelter pages 325 to 330
    5. 72 Health and the Environment pages 331 to 336
    6. 73 Education Before Article 21A pages 337 to 342
    7. 74 Article 21A and the Right to Education Act pages 343 to 348
    8. 75 Privacy pages 349 to 353
    9. 76 Dignity, Autonomy and the End of Life pages 354 to 359
    10. 77 Article 20: The Protections of an Accused pages 360 to 365
    11. 78 Preventive Detention pages 366 to 371
    12. 79 The Right Against Exploitation pages 372 to 377
    13. 80 Article 32 and the Writs pages 378 to 383
    14. 81 Article 226 pages 384 to 389
    15. 82 Limits: Articles 33, 34 and 35 pages 390 to 395
    16. 83 Public Interest Litigation pages 396 to 401
    17. 84 Compensatory Jurisprudence pages 402 to 407
    18. 85 Continuing Mandamus and Judicial Guidelines pages 408 to 413
    19. 86 Hartal and Bandh pages 414 to 419
    20. 87 The Right to Property pages 420 to 425
    21. 88 The Directive Principles pages 426 to 431
    22. 89 The Fundamental Duties pages 432 to 437
    23. 90 Who Is a Minority? pages 438 to 443
    24. 91 Article 29: The Right to Conserve pages 444 to 449
    25. 92 Article 30: To Establish and to Administer pages 450 to 455
    26. 93 State Control and Regulation pages 456 to 461
    27. 94 The Eleven-Judge Answer pages 462 to 466
    28. 95 After the Eleven-Judge Answer pages 467 to 472
    29. 96 Minority Institutions and the Right to Education Act pages 473 to 478
    30. 97 Linguistic Minorities pages 479 to 484
    31. 98 What Secularism Means Here pages 485 to 490
    32. 99 Articles 25 and 26 pages 491 to 496
    33. 100 Essential Religious Practices pages 497 to 502
    34. 101 Religious Taxation and Religious Instruction pages 503 to 508
    35. 102 Secularism as a Basic Feature pages 509 to 514
    36. 103 Religious Fanaticism pages 515 to 520
    37. 104 A Uniform Civil Code pages 521 to 526

    Module IV 32 chapters

    1. 105 Separation of Powers: The Doctrine pages 527 to 532
    2. 106 The Indian Scheme pages 533 to 538
    3. 107 Delegated Legislation pages 539 to 544
    4. 108 Judicial Review pages 545 to 550
    5. 109 Ultra Vires pages 551 to 556
    6. 110 The Amending Power pages 557 to 562
    7. 111 The Basic Structure pages 563 to 568
    8. 112 The Appointment of Judges pages 569 to 574
    9. 113 The National Judicial Appointments Commission pages 575 to 580
    10. 114 Transfer and Removal of Judges pages 581 to 586
    11. 115 Judicial Independence pages 587 to 592
    12. 116 Judicial Accountability pages 593 to 598
    13. 117 Judicial Activism, Restraint and Overreach pages 599 to 604
    14. 118 Legislative Privilege pages 605 to 610
    15. 119 Advisory Jurisdiction pages 611 to 616
    16. 120 Complete Justice: Article 142 pages 617 to 622
    17. 121 The Supreme Court pages 623 to 628
    18. 122 The High Courts pages 629 to 634
    19. 123 The Subordinate Judiciary pages 635 to 639
    20. 124 Tribunals pages 640 to 645
    21. 125 The Rule of Law pages 646 to 651
    22. 126 Democracy and Free and Fair Elections pages 652 to 657
    23. 127 The Election Commission pages 658 to 663
    24. 128 Articles 325 to 329 pages 664 to 669
    25. 129 The Voter's Right to Know pages 670 to 674
    26. 130 Electoral Reform and the Criminalisation of Politics pages 675 to 680
    27. 131 The Funding of Elections pages 681 to 686
    28. 132 Defection and the Tenth Schedule pages 687 to 692
    29. 133 Grass Root Democracy: The Panchayats pages 693 to 698
    30. 134 Urban Local Government: The Municipalities pages 699 to 704
    31. 135 The Nexus of Politics, Crime and Business pages 705 to 710
    32. 136 The New Challenges pages 711 to 715
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  2. Law and Social Transformation of India

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    Law and Social Transformation of India

    LL.M. · SEMESTER 1

    Strictly as per the University of Mumbai LL.M. syllabus in force

    For LL.M. students of the University of Mumbai and all its affiliated law colleges

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    Law and Social Transformation of India

    Copyright © 2026 munotes.in. All rights reserved.

    Written and first published by munotes.in, 2026.

    This book is for individual students to read at munotes.in. No part of it may be reproduced, distributed, stored, translated or used for institutional or classroom purposes in any form without a prior written licence from munotes.in.

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    Module I

    1. Law and Society: How Each Shapes the Other 1
    2. Law as an Instrument of Social Change 6
    3. What Law Cannot Do: The Limits of Legislating Change 12
    4. Law as the Product of Tradition and Culture 17
    5. Custom as a Source of Law 22
    6. Roscoe Pound and Social Engineering 26
    7. Pound's Scheme of Interests 30
    8. The Criticisms of Social Engineering 34
    9. Bentham, Marx and Ehrlich: The Other Answers 38
    10. The Preamble: The Charter of Transformation 43
    11. The Directive Principles and the Welfare State 47
    12. Social Security Legislation 53
    13. The Fundamental Duties 57
    14. The Judiciary as an Engine of Social Change 61
    15. Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation 66
    16. Social Justice 70
    17. Religion and the Law: The Two Questions 74
    18. Freedom of Religion: Articles 25 to 28 78
    19. The Essential Religious Practices Doctrine 83
    20. Secularism 88
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    Module I continued

    1. The State and Religion: No State Religion 92
    2. Religion as a Divisive Factor 95
    3. No Discrimination on the Ground of Religion 99
    4. Who Is a Minority 103
    5. Articles 29 and 30: The Minority's Educational Rights 107
    6. The National Commission for Minorities 111
    7. Conversion and the Law 115
    8. Personal Law: What It Is, and Why India Has Several 119
    9. The Hindu Code Bills 124
    10. Muslim Personal Law and Maintenance: Shah Bano to Danial Latifi 128
    11. Triple Talaq 134
    12. Christian and Parsi Law, and the Special Marriage Act 139
    13. The Uniform Civil Code 143
    14. Religious Freedom against Social Reform 148
    15. Temple Entry 152
    16. Places of Worship, and the Character Frozen in 1947 157

    Module II

    1. Language and the Law: Why a Country Legislates about Language 162
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    Module II continued

    1. Language as a Divisive Factor 167
    2. The Official Language of the Union 171
    3. The Official Languages Act 1963 176
    4. Many Languages, One Union 181
    5. Constitutional Guarantees to Linguistic Minorities 185
    6. The Formation of Linguistic States 190
    7. The Commissions That Redrew the Map 194
    8. The Medium of Instruction 199
    9. Enforcing Language Rights 204
    10. Regionalism, and India as One Unit 208
    11. The Language of the Courts and of the Statute Book 212
    12. Community and the Law: Caste, Tribe and a Plural Society 217
    13. Caste as a Divisive Factor 222
    14. Non-discrimination on the Ground of Caste 226
    15. Untouchability, and the Act That Abolished It 230
    16. The Atrocities Act 1989 236
    17. Manual Scavenging and Bonded Labour 242
    18. Reservation: The Constitutional Scheme 247
    19. Protective Discrimination 251
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    Module II continued

    1. Backward Classes, the Creamy Layer and the Ceiling 255
    2. Reservation in Promotion, and the Ten Per Cent for the Economically Weaker 260
    3. Substantive Equality 265
    4. The Safeguards: Seats, Services and Commissions 269
    5. Tribal India: The Fifth and Sixth Schedules 274
    6. Land, Forest and the Gram Sabha's Consent 281
    7. The Naxalite Movement: Origin and Development 289
    8. The Causes: Land, Dispossession and the Failure of Law 294
    9. The Cure: What the State Has Tried 301
    10. Internal Security, Social Justice and Development 307
    11. The Human Rights Commissions 314

    Module III

    1. Women and the Law: Where the Constitution Started 320
    2. Article 15(3): Special Provision for Women 326
    3. Gender Injustice and Its Forms 331
    4. Dignity and the Right to Privacy 336
    5. Empowerment of Women 341
    6. Women in Public Employment and the Armed Forces 346
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    Module III continued

    1. Equal Pay and Maternity Benefit 352
    2. Sexual Harassment at the Workplace 357
    3. Crimes against Women 366
    4. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013 373
    5. Dowry 379
    6. Domestic Violence 386
    7. Sati 395
    8. Sex Selection and the Missing Daughters 401
    9. Reproductive Autonomy 408
    10. Trafficking and Prostitution 415
    11. Indecent Representation 423
    12. The National Commission for Women 429
    13. Women in the Legislatures 435
    14. Women's Property Rights 441
    15. Adultery and Marital Autonomy 448
    16. Who Counts as a Woman 454
    17. The Judiciary and Women's Rights: The Record 461
    18. Children and the Law: The Child as a Rights-Holder 467
    19. The Constitution and the Child 472
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    1. India and the Convention on the Rights of the Child 477
    2. Child Abuse 483
    3. The Sexual Exploitation of Children 489
    4. POCSO: Objects and Scheme 495
    5. How Far POCSO Has Worked 504
    6. Child Labour: Causes and Consequences 510
    7. The Law against Child Labour 515
    8. The Courts and the Enforcement against Child Labour 522
    9. The Right to Education 528
    10. Juvenile Justice 537
    11. The Child in Need of Care and Protection 547
    12. Adoption 557
    13. Inter-country Adoption 564
    14. The Child Rights Commissions 570
    15. Child Marriage 577

    Module IV

    1. Modernisation and the Law 584
    2. Modernisation as a Value 589
    3. Modernising Social Institutions Through Law 595
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    1. Agrarian Reform: Abolishing the Intermediary 600
    2. Ceilings, Tenancy and Redistribution 606
    3. The Ninth Schedule and the Property Amendments 611
    4. Industrialisation and the Law 618
    5. Industrialisation against Environmental Protection 624
    6. What the Courts Built out of Article 21 631
    7. Industrialisation and the Sustainable Development Goals 638
    8. Urbanisation and the Pavement Dweller 643
    9. Science, Technology and the Law Behind Them 651
    10. Democratic Decentralisation and Local Self-Government 657
    11. The Prison in India 664
    12. The Committees on Prison Reform 671
    13. The Prisoner's Rights 677
    14. Alternative Approaches to Law 685
    15. Section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code 690
    16. The Types of Alternative Dispute Mechanism, and What Each Is Good For 696
    17. Arbitration 701
    18. Mediation and Conciliation 708
    19. Lok Adalat 716
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    Module IV continued

    1. Legal Aid 724
    2. Nyaya Panchayats 734
    3. Gram Nyayalayas 740
    4. Plea Bargaining 752
    5. Reform of Court Processes and of the Justice Delivery System 761
    6. Legal Pluralism, and the Forums the State Did Not Create 770
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    Notes
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    Papers
    Previous year question paper solutions. Revised edition 2026. 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
    Every chapter in the notes: 135 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I 36 chapters

    1. 1 Law and Society: How Each Shapes the Other pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 Law as an Instrument of Social Change pages 6 to 11
    3. 3 What Law Cannot Do: The Limits of Legislating Change pages 12 to 16
    4. 4 Law as the Product of Tradition and Culture pages 17 to 21
    5. 5 Custom as a Source of Law pages 22 to 25
    6. 6 Roscoe Pound and Social Engineering pages 26 to 29
    7. 7 Pound's Scheme of Interests pages 30 to 33
    8. 8 The Criticisms of Social Engineering pages 34 to 37
    9. 9 Bentham, Marx and Ehrlich: The Other Answers pages 38 to 42
    10. 10 The Preamble: The Charter of Transformation pages 43 to 46
    11. 11 The Directive Principles and the Welfare State pages 47 to 52
    12. 12 Social Security Legislation pages 53 to 56
    13. 13 The Fundamental Duties pages 57 to 60
    14. 14 The Judiciary as an Engine of Social Change pages 61 to 65
    15. 15 Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation pages 66 to 69
    16. 16 Social Justice pages 70 to 73
    17. 17 Religion and the Law: The Two Questions pages 74 to 77
    18. 18 Freedom of Religion: Articles 25 to 28 pages 78 to 82
    19. 19 The Essential Religious Practices Doctrine pages 83 to 87
    20. 20 Secularism pages 88 to 91
    21. 21 The State and Religion: No State Religion pages 92 to 94
    22. 22 Religion as a Divisive Factor pages 95 to 98
    23. 23 No Discrimination on the Ground of Religion pages 99 to 102
    24. 24 Who Is a Minority pages 103 to 106
    25. 25 Articles 29 and 30: The Minority's Educational Rights pages 107 to 110
    26. 26 The National Commission for Minorities pages 111 to 114
    27. 27 Conversion and the Law pages 115 to 118
    28. 28 Personal Law: What It Is, and Why India Has Several pages 119 to 123
    29. 29 The Hindu Code Bills pages 124 to 127
    30. 30 Muslim Personal Law and Maintenance: Shah Bano to Danial Latifi pages 128 to 133
    31. 31 Triple Talaq pages 134 to 138
    32. 32 Christian and Parsi Law, and the Special Marriage Act pages 139 to 142
    33. 33 The Uniform Civil Code pages 143 to 147
    34. 34 Religious Freedom against Social Reform pages 148 to 151
    35. 35 Temple Entry pages 152 to 156
    36. 36 Places of Worship, and the Character Frozen in 1947 pages 157 to 161

    Module II 31 chapters

    1. 37 Language and the Law: Why a Country Legislates about Language pages 162 to 166
    2. 38 Language as a Divisive Factor pages 167 to 170
    3. 39 The Official Language of the Union pages 171 to 175
    4. 40 The Official Languages Act 1963 pages 176 to 180
    5. 41 Many Languages, One Union pages 181 to 184
    6. 42 Constitutional Guarantees to Linguistic Minorities pages 185 to 189
    7. 43 The Formation of Linguistic States pages 190 to 193
    8. 44 The Commissions That Redrew the Map pages 194 to 198
    9. 45 The Medium of Instruction pages 199 to 203
    10. 46 Enforcing Language Rights pages 204 to 207
    11. 47 Regionalism, and India as One Unit pages 208 to 211
    12. 48 The Language of the Courts and of the Statute Book pages 212 to 216
    13. 49 Community and the Law: Caste, Tribe and a Plural Society pages 217 to 221
    14. 50 Caste as a Divisive Factor pages 222 to 225
    15. 51 Non-discrimination on the Ground of Caste pages 226 to 229
    16. 52 Untouchability, and the Act That Abolished It pages 230 to 235
    17. 53 The Atrocities Act 1989 pages 236 to 241
    18. 54 Manual Scavenging and Bonded Labour pages 242 to 246
    19. 55 Reservation: The Constitutional Scheme pages 247 to 250
    20. 56 Protective Discrimination pages 251 to 254
    21. 57 Backward Classes, the Creamy Layer and the Ceiling pages 255 to 259
    22. 58 Reservation in Promotion, and the Ten Per Cent for the Economically Weaker pages 260 to 264
    23. 59 Substantive Equality pages 265 to 268
    24. 60 The Safeguards: Seats, Services and Commissions pages 269 to 273
    25. 61 Tribal India: The Fifth and Sixth Schedules pages 274 to 280
    26. 62 Land, Forest and the Gram Sabha's Consent pages 281 to 288
    27. 63 The Naxalite Movement: Origin and Development pages 289 to 293
    28. 64 The Causes: Land, Dispossession and the Failure of Law pages 294 to 300
    29. 65 The Cure: What the State Has Tried pages 301 to 306
    30. 66 Internal Security, Social Justice and Development pages 307 to 313
    31. 67 The Human Rights Commissions pages 314 to 319

    Module III 40 chapters

    1. 68 Women and the Law: Where the Constitution Started pages 320 to 325
    2. 69 Article 15(3): Special Provision for Women pages 326 to 330
    3. 70 Gender Injustice and Its Forms pages 331 to 335
    4. 71 Dignity and the Right to Privacy pages 336 to 340
    5. 72 Empowerment of Women pages 341 to 345
    6. 73 Women in Public Employment and the Armed Forces pages 346 to 351
    7. 74 Equal Pay and Maternity Benefit pages 352 to 356
    8. 75 Sexual Harassment at the Workplace pages 357 to 365
    9. 76 Crimes against Women pages 366 to 372
    10. 77 The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013 pages 373 to 378
    11. 78 Dowry pages 379 to 385
    12. 79 Domestic Violence pages 386 to 394
    13. 80 Sati pages 395 to 400
    14. 81 Sex Selection and the Missing Daughters pages 401 to 407
    15. 82 Reproductive Autonomy pages 408 to 414
    16. 83 Trafficking and Prostitution pages 415 to 422
    17. 84 Indecent Representation pages 423 to 428
    18. 85 The National Commission for Women pages 429 to 434
    19. 86 Women in the Legislatures pages 435 to 440
    20. 87 Women's Property Rights pages 441 to 447
    21. 88 Adultery and Marital Autonomy pages 448 to 453
    22. 89 Who Counts as a Woman pages 454 to 460
    23. 90 The Judiciary and Women's Rights: The Record pages 461 to 466
    24. 91 Children and the Law: The Child as a Rights-Holder pages 467 to 471
    25. 92 The Constitution and the Child pages 472 to 476
    26. 93 India and the Convention on the Rights of the Child pages 477 to 482
    27. 94 Child Abuse pages 483 to 488
    28. 95 The Sexual Exploitation of Children pages 489 to 494
    29. 96 POCSO: Objects and Scheme pages 495 to 503
    30. 97 How Far POCSO Has Worked pages 504 to 509
    31. 98 Child Labour: Causes and Consequences pages 510 to 514
    32. 99 The Law against Child Labour pages 515 to 521
    33. 100 The Courts and the Enforcement against Child Labour pages 522 to 527
    34. 101 The Right to Education pages 528 to 536
    35. 102 Juvenile Justice pages 537 to 546
    36. 103 The Child in Need of Care and Protection pages 547 to 556
    37. 104 Adoption pages 557 to 563
    38. 105 Inter-country Adoption pages 564 to 569
    39. 106 The Child Rights Commissions pages 570 to 576
    40. 107 Child Marriage pages 577 to 583

    Module IV 28 chapters

    1. 108 Modernisation and the Law pages 584 to 588
    2. 109 Modernisation as a Value pages 589 to 594
    3. 110 Modernising Social Institutions Through Law pages 595 to 599
    4. 111 Agrarian Reform: Abolishing the Intermediary pages 600 to 605
    5. 112 Ceilings, Tenancy and Redistribution pages 606 to 610
    6. 113 The Ninth Schedule and the Property Amendments pages 611 to 617
    7. 114 Industrialisation and the Law pages 618 to 623
    8. 115 Industrialisation against Environmental Protection pages 624 to 630
    9. 116 What the Courts Built out of Article 21 pages 631 to 637
    10. 117 Industrialisation and the Sustainable Development Goals pages 638 to 642
    11. 118 Urbanisation and the Pavement Dweller pages 643 to 650
    12. 119 Science, Technology and the Law Behind Them pages 651 to 656
    13. 120 Democratic Decentralisation and Local Self-Government pages 657 to 663
    14. 121 The Prison in India pages 664 to 670
    15. 122 The Committees on Prison Reform pages 671 to 676
    16. 123 The Prisoner's Rights pages 677 to 684
    17. 124 Alternative Approaches to Law pages 685 to 689
    18. 125 Section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code pages 690 to 695
    19. 126 The Types of Alternative Dispute Mechanism, and What Each Is Good For pages 696 to 700
    20. 127 Arbitration pages 701 to 707
    21. 128 Mediation and Conciliation pages 708 to 715
    22. 129 Lok Adalat pages 716 to 723
    23. 130 Legal Aid pages 724 to 733
    24. 131 Nyaya Panchayats pages 734 to 739
    25. 132 Gram Nyayalayas pages 740 to 751
    26. 133 Plea Bargaining pages 752 to 760
    27. 134 Reform of Court Processes and of the Justice Delivery System pages 761 to 769
    28. 135 Legal Pluralism, and the Forums the State Did Not Create pages 770 to 778
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  3. Human Rights and International Order

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    Module I

    1. What This Paper Is About 1
    2. What an International Order Means 5
    3. Before the Instruments: How a Ruler Was Bound 10
    4. The Law of Nations, and the Laws of Humanity 15
    5. Abolition, and the First International Concern 20
    6. The Laws of War, and the Individual as a Protected Person 24
    7. The League of Nations and the Minorities Treaties 29
    8. The Mandates System, and the Organization That Outlived the League 33
    9. The Racial Equality Proposal of 1919 37
    10. The Charter of the United Nations, and the Pledge 42
    11. The Charter Machinery for the Order 47
    12. Drafting the Universal Declaration 52
    13. The Universal Declaration: Articles 1 to 11 56
    14. The Universal Declaration: Articles 12 to 21 61
    15. The Universal Declaration: Articles 22 to 30 66
    16. What Kind of Instrument the Declaration Is 71
    17. Why There Are Two Covenants 75
    18. The Civil and Political Covenant 79
    19. The Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant 85
    20. The International Bill of Human Rights 90
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    1. What a Bill of Rights Is 93
    2. The Bill of Rights in the Constitutional Tradition 96
    3. Fundamental Rights as India Bill of Rights 100
    4. Challenges in the Effective Implementation of a Bill of Rights 104
    5. Freedom of Expression in the International Order 108
    6. The Right to Know 112
    7. The Generations of Rights, and the Order They Describe 116
    8. Self-Determination 119
    9. Sovereignty, Domestic Jurisdiction and the Reach of the Order 123
    10. Universality, and What Vienna Settled 127
    11. The Concept After Vienna 131
    12. What Is Still Missing from the International Order 135

    Module II

    1. Why Regional Systems Exist at All 139
    2. The Systems That Exist, and the Ones That Do Not 142
    3. The Council of Europe and the Convention of 1950 146
    4. The European Convention: Articles 1 to 8 150
    5. The European Convention: Articles 9 to 18 155
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    1. The European Court of Human Rights 160
    2. Admissibility, Just Satisfaction and Execution 164
    3. The Margin of Appreciation 168
    4. The European Union, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Court of Justice 172
    5. The European System Assessed 176
    6. The Organization of American States and the Pact of San Jose 179
    7. The American Convention: Articles 1 to 14 183
    8. The American Convention: Articles 15 to 32 189
    9. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 195
    10. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights 200
    11. What the Inter-American System Did That No Other System Did 205
    12. The African Union and the Charter of 1981 209
    13. The African Charter: Articles 1 to 18 213
    14. The African Charter: Peoples Rights 218
    15. The African Charter: The Duties of the Individual 223
    16. The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights 227
    17. Procedure Before the African Commission 231
    18. The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights 236
    19. The African System Assessed: Scope and Effectiveness 240
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    1. Why There Is No Asian System 244
    2. ASEAN and the Human Rights Declaration of 2012 248
    3. The Arab Charter and the League of Arab States 252
    4. SAARC and the South Asian Position 256
    5. Regional Systems Compared 260
    6. Regionalism Against Universality 264

    Module III

    1. What a Protection Agency Is, and What a Mechanism Is 268
    2. The Charter Organs 272
    3. The General Assembly as a Protection Mechanism 276
    4. The Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights 280
    5. The Human Rights Council 284
    6. The Universal Periodic Review 288
    7. The Special Procedures 292
    8. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 296
    9. The Treaty Bodies 300
    10. Reporting, and Concluding Observations 304
    11. Individual Communications 308
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    1. The Security Council as a Human Rights Actor 312
    2. The International Court of Justice and Human Rights 316
    3. The International Criminal Court: Establishment and Jurisdiction 320
    4. The International Criminal Court: The Crimes 324
    5. The International Criminal Court: How a Case Starts 329
    6. The International Criminal Court: Complementarity 333
    7. The International Criminal Court: The Organs 338
    8. The International Criminal Court: Investigation and Prosecution 344
    9. The International Criminal Court: Co-operation, and the Criticisms 349
    10. The Ad Hoc Tribunals, and Individual Responsibility 354
    11. The Specialized Agencies as Protection Agencies 358
    12. The International Labour Organization: Structure 362
    13. The International Labour Organization: Standards 368
    14. The International Labour Organization: Supervision and Complaints 373
    15. The World Health Organization: Objective and Functions 378
    16. The World Health Organization and the Right to Health 382
    17. The World Health Organization: Organs and Legal Powers 386
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    1. The World Health Organization and Global Public Health 391
    2. UNESCO, UNICEF and the Other Agencies 395
    3. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 400
    4. The International Committee of the Red Cross 405
    5. Non-Governmental Organizations as a Protection Mechanism 409
    6. National Institutions and the Paris Principles 413
    7. The National Human Rights Commission: Constitution 417
    8. The National Human Rights Commission: Functions and Powers 422
    9. The National Human Rights Commission: What Happens After an Inquiry 428
    10. The National Human Rights Commission: Role and Effectiveness 432
    11. State Commissions and Human Rights Courts 437
    12. Domestic Courts as the Primary Protection Mechanism 442
    13. What the Machinery Cannot Do 446

    Module IV

    1. What the New International Economic Order Was 450
    2. Decolonisation, Bandung and the Non-Aligned Movement 455
    3. Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources 459
    4. The Declaration of 1 May 1974 464
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    1. The Twenty Principles: (a) to (j) 469
    2. The Twenty Principles: (k) to (t) 474
    3. The Programme of Action 479
    4. The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States: Chapter I 483
    5. The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States: Articles 6 to 19 488
    6. The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States: Articles 20 to 34 494
    7. Equity and Sovereign Equality 499
    8. The Role of the Developing Countries: the Group of 77 503
    9. The Role of the United Nations in Advocating the Order 507
    10. Nationalisation, Compensation and the Industrialised States Answer 511
    11. Why the New International Economic Order Failed 516
    12. What Survived: the Right to Development 520
    13. The Order That Was Built Instead 525
    14. The New International Economic Order Assessed Today 529
    15. Terrorism as a Problem for the International Order 533
    16. Why a Universally Accepted Definition Has Not Been Agreed 537
    17. The Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism 541
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    1. The Sectoral Conventions, and What They Define Instead 546
    2. The Financing Convention, and Article 2(1)(b) 550
    3. The Freedom Fighter Objection, and State Terrorism 556
    4. Security Council Resolution 1373 560
    5. Listing, Sanctions and the Right to a Remedy 565
    6. The Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy 570
    7. Counter-Terrorism Measures and the Rights They Engage 575
    8. Detention, Rendition and Torture 580
    9. Terrorism, Armed Conflict and Humanitarian Law 585
    10. India and Terrorism 590
    11. What the United Nations Has and Has Not Achieved 595
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    Module I 32 chapters

    1. 1 What This Paper Is About pages 1 to 4
    2. 2 What an International Order Means pages 5 to 9
    3. 3 Before the Instruments: How a Ruler Was Bound pages 10 to 14
    4. 4 The Law of Nations, and the Laws of Humanity pages 15 to 19
    5. 5 Abolition, and the First International Concern pages 20 to 23
    6. 6 The Laws of War, and the Individual as a Protected Person pages 24 to 28
    7. 7 The League of Nations and the Minorities Treaties pages 29 to 32
    8. 8 The Mandates System, and the Organization That Outlived the League pages 33 to 36
    9. 9 The Racial Equality Proposal of 1919 pages 37 to 41
    10. 10 The Charter of the United Nations, and the Pledge pages 42 to 46
    11. 11 The Charter Machinery for the Order pages 47 to 51
    12. 12 Drafting the Universal Declaration pages 52 to 55
    13. 13 The Universal Declaration: Articles 1 to 11 pages 56 to 60
    14. 14 The Universal Declaration: Articles 12 to 21 pages 61 to 65
    15. 15 The Universal Declaration: Articles 22 to 30 pages 66 to 70
    16. 16 What Kind of Instrument the Declaration Is pages 71 to 74
    17. 17 Why There Are Two Covenants pages 75 to 78
    18. 18 The Civil and Political Covenant pages 79 to 84
    19. 19 The Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant pages 85 to 89
    20. 20 The International Bill of Human Rights pages 90 to 92
    21. 21 What a Bill of Rights Is pages 93 to 95
    22. 22 The Bill of Rights in the Constitutional Tradition pages 96 to 99
    23. 23 Fundamental Rights as India Bill of Rights pages 100 to 103
    24. 24 Challenges in the Effective Implementation of a Bill of Rights pages 104 to 107
    25. 25 Freedom of Expression in the International Order pages 108 to 111
    26. 26 The Right to Know pages 112 to 115
    27. 27 The Generations of Rights, and the Order They Describe pages 116 to 118
    28. 28 Self-Determination pages 119 to 122
    29. 29 Sovereignty, Domestic Jurisdiction and the Reach of the Order pages 123 to 126
    30. 30 Universality, and What Vienna Settled pages 127 to 130
    31. 31 The Concept After Vienna pages 131 to 134
    32. 32 What Is Still Missing from the International Order pages 135 to 138

    Module II 30 chapters

    1. 33 Why Regional Systems Exist at All pages 139 to 141
    2. 34 The Systems That Exist, and the Ones That Do Not pages 142 to 145
    3. 35 The Council of Europe and the Convention of 1950 pages 146 to 149
    4. 36 The European Convention: Articles 1 to 8 pages 150 to 154
    5. 37 The European Convention: Articles 9 to 18 pages 155 to 159
    6. 38 The European Court of Human Rights pages 160 to 163
    7. 39 Admissibility, Just Satisfaction and Execution pages 164 to 167
    8. 40 The Margin of Appreciation pages 168 to 171
    9. 41 The European Union, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Court of Justice pages 172 to 175
    10. 42 The European System Assessed pages 176 to 178
    11. 43 The Organization of American States and the Pact of San Jose pages 179 to 182
    12. 44 The American Convention: Articles 1 to 14 pages 183 to 188
    13. 45 The American Convention: Articles 15 to 32 pages 189 to 194
    14. 46 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights pages 195 to 199
    15. 47 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights pages 200 to 204
    16. 48 What the Inter-American System Did That No Other System Did pages 205 to 208
    17. 49 The African Union and the Charter of 1981 pages 209 to 212
    18. 50 The African Charter: Articles 1 to 18 pages 213 to 217
    19. 51 The African Charter: Peoples Rights pages 218 to 222
    20. 52 The African Charter: The Duties of the Individual pages 223 to 226
    21. 53 The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights pages 227 to 230
    22. 54 Procedure Before the African Commission pages 231 to 235
    23. 55 The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights pages 236 to 239
    24. 56 The African System Assessed: Scope and Effectiveness pages 240 to 243
    25. 57 Why There Is No Asian System pages 244 to 247
    26. 58 ASEAN and the Human Rights Declaration of 2012 pages 248 to 251
    27. 59 The Arab Charter and the League of Arab States pages 252 to 255
    28. 60 SAARC and the South Asian Position pages 256 to 259
    29. 61 Regional Systems Compared pages 260 to 263
    30. 62 Regionalism Against Universality pages 264 to 267

    Module III 41 chapters

    1. 63 What a Protection Agency Is, and What a Mechanism Is pages 268 to 271
    2. 64 The Charter Organs pages 272 to 275
    3. 65 The General Assembly as a Protection Mechanism pages 276 to 279
    4. 66 The Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights pages 280 to 283
    5. 67 The Human Rights Council pages 284 to 287
    6. 68 The Universal Periodic Review pages 288 to 291
    7. 69 The Special Procedures pages 292 to 295
    8. 70 The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights pages 296 to 299
    9. 71 The Treaty Bodies pages 300 to 303
    10. 72 Reporting, and Concluding Observations pages 304 to 307
    11. 73 Individual Communications pages 308 to 311
    12. 74 The Security Council as a Human Rights Actor pages 312 to 315
    13. 75 The International Court of Justice and Human Rights pages 316 to 319
    14. 76 The International Criminal Court: Establishment and Jurisdiction pages 320 to 323
    15. 77 The International Criminal Court: The Crimes pages 324 to 328
    16. 78 The International Criminal Court: How a Case Starts pages 329 to 332
    17. 79 The International Criminal Court: Complementarity pages 333 to 337
    18. 80 The International Criminal Court: The Organs pages 338 to 343
    19. 81 The International Criminal Court: Investigation and Prosecution pages 344 to 348
    20. 82 The International Criminal Court: Co-operation, and the Criticisms pages 349 to 353
    21. 83 The Ad Hoc Tribunals, and Individual Responsibility pages 354 to 357
    22. 84 The Specialized Agencies as Protection Agencies pages 358 to 361
    23. 85 The International Labour Organization: Structure pages 362 to 367
    24. 86 The International Labour Organization: Standards pages 368 to 372
    25. 87 The International Labour Organization: Supervision and Complaints pages 373 to 377
    26. 88 The World Health Organization: Objective and Functions pages 378 to 381
    27. 89 The World Health Organization and the Right to Health pages 382 to 385
    28. 90 The World Health Organization: Organs and Legal Powers pages 386 to 390
    29. 91 The World Health Organization and Global Public Health pages 391 to 394
    30. 92 UNESCO, UNICEF and the Other Agencies pages 395 to 399
    31. 93 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees pages 400 to 404
    32. 94 The International Committee of the Red Cross pages 405 to 408
    33. 95 Non-Governmental Organizations as a Protection Mechanism pages 409 to 412
    34. 96 National Institutions and the Paris Principles pages 413 to 416
    35. 97 The National Human Rights Commission: Constitution pages 417 to 421
    36. 98 The National Human Rights Commission: Functions and Powers pages 422 to 427
    37. 99 The National Human Rights Commission: What Happens After an Inquiry pages 428 to 431
    38. 100 The National Human Rights Commission: Role and Effectiveness pages 432 to 436
    39. 101 State Commissions and Human Rights Courts pages 437 to 441
    40. 102 Domestic Courts as the Primary Protection Mechanism pages 442 to 445
    41. 103 What the Machinery Cannot Do pages 446 to 449

    Module IV 32 chapters

    1. 104 What the New International Economic Order Was pages 450 to 454
    2. 105 Decolonisation, Bandung and the Non-Aligned Movement pages 455 to 458
    3. 106 Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources pages 459 to 463
    4. 107 The Declaration of 1 May 1974 pages 464 to 468
    5. 108 The Twenty Principles: (a) to (j) pages 469 to 473
    6. 109 The Twenty Principles: (k) to (t) pages 474 to 478
    7. 110 The Programme of Action pages 479 to 482
    8. 111 The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States: Chapter I pages 483 to 487
    9. 112 The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States: Articles 6 to 19 pages 488 to 493
    10. 113 The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States: Articles 20 to 34 pages 494 to 498
    11. 114 Equity and Sovereign Equality pages 499 to 502
    12. 115 The Role of the Developing Countries: the Group of 77 pages 503 to 506
    13. 116 The Role of the United Nations in Advocating the Order pages 507 to 510
    14. 117 Nationalisation, Compensation and the Industrialised States Answer pages 511 to 515
    15. 118 Why the New International Economic Order Failed pages 516 to 519
    16. 119 What Survived: the Right to Development pages 520 to 524
    17. 120 The Order That Was Built Instead pages 525 to 528
    18. 121 The New International Economic Order Assessed Today pages 529 to 532
    19. 122 Terrorism as a Problem for the International Order pages 533 to 536
    20. 123 Why a Universally Accepted Definition Has Not Been Agreed pages 537 to 540
    21. 124 The Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism pages 541 to 545
    22. 125 The Sectoral Conventions, and What They Define Instead pages 546 to 549
    23. 126 The Financing Convention, and Article 2(1)(b) pages 550 to 555
    24. 127 The Freedom Fighter Objection, and State Terrorism pages 556 to 559
    25. 128 Security Council Resolution 1373 pages 560 to 564
    26. 129 Listing, Sanctions and the Right to a Remedy pages 565 to 569
    27. 130 The Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy pages 570 to 574
    28. 131 Counter-Terrorism Measures and the Rights They Engage pages 575 to 579
    29. 132 Detention, Rendition and Torture pages 580 to 584
    30. 133 Terrorism, Armed Conflict and Humanitarian Law pages 585 to 589
    31. 134 India and Terrorism pages 590 to 594
    32. 135 What the United Nations Has and Has Not Achieved pages 595 to 598
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  4. Concepts and Development of Human Rights

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    Concepts and Development of Human Rights

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    1. What This Paper Is About 1
    2. What a Human Right Is 5
    3. The Four Marks: Universal, Inalienable, Indivisible, Interdependent 10
    4. Human Dignity as the Ground of Rights 16
    5. Natural Law and the Idea of a Natural Right 22
    6. From Natural Right to Human Right 28
    7. The Positivist Objection 34
    8. Rights as Legal Claims: What a Claim Needs 40
    9. Rights and Duties: the Correlativity Thesis 46
    10. The Hohfeldian Analysis 51
    11. Interdependence of Rights and Duties in a Democratic Society 57
    12. How Modern Societal Values Have Reshaped Rights and Duties 63
    13. Human Rights in Ancient Tradition: India 69
    14. Human Rights in Ancient Tradition: Greece, Rome and the Religions 75
    15. Legal, Moral, Constitutional and Human Rights 81
    16. Fundamental Rights: the Indian Form 86
    17. Who Bears the Duty: the State 92
    18. Who Bears the Duty: the Non-State Actor 97
    19. Respect, Protect, Fulfil 102
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    1. Limitation: When a Right May Be Restricted 106
    2. Derogation and the Non-Derogable Core 111
    3. Are Human Rights Inalienable 116
    4. The Vocabulary: Right, Liberty, Freedom, Entitlement 121

    Module II

    1. The Generations Framework: Karel Vasak 126
    2. Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité as a Classification 131
    3. First Generation: What Civil and Political Rights Are 136
    4. The Universal Declaration: Articles 1 to 11 141
    5. The Universal Declaration: Articles 12 to 21 146
    6. The Significance of First Generation Rights in Daily Life 151
    7. Second Generation: What Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Are 155
    8. The Universal Declaration: Articles 22 to 27 160
    9. The Universal Declaration: Articles 28 to 30 165
    10. Historical Development of the Second Generation 170
    11. Third Generation: The Solidarity Rights 175
    12. The Significance of the Third Generation 179
    13. Magna Carta 1215 183
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    1. The English Bill of Rights 1689 187
    2. The American Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights 191
    3. The French Declaration 1789: Articles 1 to 9 196
    4. The French Declaration 1789: Articles 10 to 17 201
    5. The Nineteenth Century: Abolition and Labour 206
    6. The Nineteenth Century: The Laws of War 210
    7. The League of Nations and the International Labour Organization 215
    8. The Charter of the United Nations 1945 220
    9. Drafting the Universal Declaration 225
    10. The Universal Declaration: What Kind of Instrument 230
    11. Why There Are Two Covenants 234
    12. The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 1 to 5 239
    13. The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 6 to 11 244
    14. The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 12 to 17 249
    15. The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 18 to 22 254
    16. The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 23 to 27 259
    17. The Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant: Articles 1 to 5 264
    18. The Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant: Articles 6 to 10 269
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    1. The Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant: Articles 11 to 15 275
    2. The Right to Development 1986: Articles 1 to 5 281
    3. The Right to Development 1986: Articles 6 to 10 286
    4. The Core United Nations Treaties After 1966 292
    5. The Criticism of the Generations Framework 297
    6. Vienna 1993 and the End of the Hierarchy 302

    Module III

    1. Human Rights as a Political Claim 307
    2. Sovereignty and Human Rights 311
    3. Domestic Jurisdiction and the Limits of the Objection 316
    4. Globalization: What It Changed 320
    5. Globalization and Human Rights: the Argument Both Ways 324
    6. Accountability: What It Means for a Right 328
    7. Transparency and the Right to Know 332
    8. Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations 337
    9. The Media and Human Rights 342
    10. Human Rights and Democracy 347
    11. Rights Against the Majority 352
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    1. Human Rights and Development 357
    2. Poverty as a Human Rights Question 362
    3. Corporations and the Non-State Actor 367
    4. The National Human Rights Commission: Constitution 372
    5. The National Human Rights Commission: Functions and Powers 378
    6. The Paris Principles 384
    7. Human Rights Education 389
    8. Naming, Shaming and the Politics of Enforcement 394
    9. Social Movements and Rights From Below 399
    10. Culture, Religion and Rights Inside a Society 404

    Module IV

    1. The Claim of Universality 409
    2. Vienna 1993: Universal, Indivisible, Interdependent and Interrelated 414
    3. Cultural Relativism 419
    4. The Bangkok Declaration 424
    5. Asian Values: the Argument and the Answer 429
    6. What Hinders the Effective Implementation of Universality 434
    7. Universality, Sovereignty and the Margin of Appreciation 438
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    1. Reservations: Universality Bought at a Price 443
    2. Colonialism and the Making of the Instruments 448
    3. Who Was in the Room in 1948 453
    4. Self-Determination as the First Third World Claim 458
    5. The New International Economic Order 463
    6. The Right to Development as the Third World Claim 468
    7. Selectivity, Double Standards and Politicization 473
    8. Third World Approaches to International Law 478
    9. Why a Consumer Is a Rights-Holder 483
    10. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection 488
    11. The Consumer Protection Act 2019: the Six Rights 493
    12. The District Commission 498
    13. The State and National Commissions 504
    14. The Major Challenges Faced by Consumers in India 510
    15. Measures to Overcome Them 515
    16. The Digital Consumer, E-Commerce and Unfair Trade Practice 520
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    Module I 23 chapters

    1. 1 What This Paper Is About pages 1 to 4
    2. 2 What a Human Right Is pages 5 to 9
    3. 3 The Four Marks: Universal, Inalienable, Indivisible, Interdependent pages 10 to 15
    4. 4 Human Dignity as the Ground of Rights pages 16 to 21
    5. 5 Natural Law and the Idea of a Natural Right pages 22 to 27
    6. 6 From Natural Right to Human Right pages 28 to 33
    7. 7 The Positivist Objection pages 34 to 39
    8. 8 Rights as Legal Claims: What a Claim Needs pages 40 to 45
    9. 9 Rights and Duties: the Correlativity Thesis pages 46 to 50
    10. 10 The Hohfeldian Analysis pages 51 to 56
    11. 11 Interdependence of Rights and Duties in a Democratic Society pages 57 to 62
    12. 12 How Modern Societal Values Have Reshaped Rights and Duties pages 63 to 68
    13. 13 Human Rights in Ancient Tradition: India pages 69 to 74
    14. 14 Human Rights in Ancient Tradition: Greece, Rome and the Religions pages 75 to 80
    15. 15 Legal, Moral, Constitutional and Human Rights pages 81 to 85
    16. 16 Fundamental Rights: the Indian Form pages 86 to 91
    17. 17 Who Bears the Duty: the State pages 92 to 96
    18. 18 Who Bears the Duty: the Non-State Actor pages 97 to 101
    19. 19 Respect, Protect, Fulfil pages 102 to 105
    20. 20 Limitation: When a Right May Be Restricted pages 106 to 110
    21. 21 Derogation and the Non-Derogable Core pages 111 to 115
    22. 22 Are Human Rights Inalienable pages 116 to 120
    23. 23 The Vocabulary: Right, Liberty, Freedom, Entitlement pages 121 to 125

    Module II 37 chapters

    1. 24 The Generations Framework: Karel Vasak pages 126 to 130
    2. 25 Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité as a Classification pages 131 to 135
    3. 26 First Generation: What Civil and Political Rights Are pages 136 to 140
    4. 27 The Universal Declaration: Articles 1 to 11 pages 141 to 145
    5. 28 The Universal Declaration: Articles 12 to 21 pages 146 to 150
    6. 29 The Significance of First Generation Rights in Daily Life pages 151 to 154
    7. 30 Second Generation: What Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Are pages 155 to 159
    8. 31 The Universal Declaration: Articles 22 to 27 pages 160 to 164
    9. 32 The Universal Declaration: Articles 28 to 30 pages 165 to 169
    10. 33 Historical Development of the Second Generation pages 170 to 174
    11. 34 Third Generation: The Solidarity Rights pages 175 to 178
    12. 35 The Significance of the Third Generation pages 179 to 182
    13. 36 Magna Carta 1215 pages 183 to 186
    14. 37 The English Bill of Rights 1689 pages 187 to 190
    15. 38 The American Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights pages 191 to 195
    16. 39 The French Declaration 1789: Articles 1 to 9 pages 196 to 200
    17. 40 The French Declaration 1789: Articles 10 to 17 pages 201 to 205
    18. 41 The Nineteenth Century: Abolition and Labour pages 206 to 209
    19. 42 The Nineteenth Century: The Laws of War pages 210 to 214
    20. 43 The League of Nations and the International Labour Organization pages 215 to 219
    21. 44 The Charter of the United Nations 1945 pages 220 to 224
    22. 45 Drafting the Universal Declaration pages 225 to 229
    23. 46 The Universal Declaration: What Kind of Instrument pages 230 to 233
    24. 47 Why There Are Two Covenants pages 234 to 238
    25. 48 The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 1 to 5 pages 239 to 243
    26. 49 The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 6 to 11 pages 244 to 248
    27. 50 The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 12 to 17 pages 249 to 253
    28. 51 The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 18 to 22 pages 254 to 258
    29. 52 The Civil and Political Covenant: Articles 23 to 27 pages 259 to 263
    30. 53 The Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant: Articles 1 to 5 pages 264 to 268
    31. 54 The Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant: Articles 6 to 10 pages 269 to 274
    32. 55 The Economic, Social and Cultural Covenant: Articles 11 to 15 pages 275 to 280
    33. 56 The Right to Development 1986: Articles 1 to 5 pages 281 to 285
    34. 57 The Right to Development 1986: Articles 6 to 10 pages 286 to 291
    35. 58 The Core United Nations Treaties After 1966 pages 292 to 296
    36. 59 The Criticism of the Generations Framework pages 297 to 301
    37. 60 Vienna 1993 and the End of the Hierarchy pages 302 to 306

    Module III 21 chapters

    1. 61 Human Rights as a Political Claim pages 307 to 310
    2. 62 Sovereignty and Human Rights pages 311 to 315
    3. 63 Domestic Jurisdiction and the Limits of the Objection pages 316 to 319
    4. 64 Globalization: What It Changed pages 320 to 323
    5. 65 Globalization and Human Rights: the Argument Both Ways pages 324 to 327
    6. 66 Accountability: What It Means for a Right pages 328 to 331
    7. 67 Transparency and the Right to Know pages 332 to 336
    8. 68 Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organizations pages 337 to 341
    9. 69 The Media and Human Rights pages 342 to 346
    10. 70 Human Rights and Democracy pages 347 to 351
    11. 71 Rights Against the Majority pages 352 to 356
    12. 72 Human Rights and Development pages 357 to 361
    13. 73 Poverty as a Human Rights Question pages 362 to 366
    14. 74 Corporations and the Non-State Actor pages 367 to 371
    15. 75 The National Human Rights Commission: Constitution pages 372 to 377
    16. 76 The National Human Rights Commission: Functions and Powers pages 378 to 383
    17. 77 The Paris Principles pages 384 to 388
    18. 78 Human Rights Education pages 389 to 393
    19. 79 Naming, Shaming and the Politics of Enforcement pages 394 to 398
    20. 80 Social Movements and Rights From Below pages 399 to 403
    21. 81 Culture, Religion and Rights Inside a Society pages 404 to 408

    Module IV 23 chapters

    1. 82 The Claim of Universality pages 409 to 413
    2. 83 Vienna 1993: Universal, Indivisible, Interdependent and Interrelated pages 414 to 418
    3. 84 Cultural Relativism pages 419 to 423
    4. 85 The Bangkok Declaration pages 424 to 428
    5. 86 Asian Values: the Argument and the Answer pages 429 to 433
    6. 87 What Hinders the Effective Implementation of Universality pages 434 to 437
    7. 88 Universality, Sovereignty and the Margin of Appreciation pages 438 to 442
    8. 89 Reservations: Universality Bought at a Price pages 443 to 447
    9. 90 Colonialism and the Making of the Instruments pages 448 to 452
    10. 91 Who Was in the Room in 1948 pages 453 to 457
    11. 92 Self-Determination as the First Third World Claim pages 458 to 462
    12. 93 The New International Economic Order pages 463 to 467
    13. 94 The Right to Development as the Third World Claim pages 468 to 472
    14. 95 Selectivity, Double Standards and Politicization pages 473 to 477
    15. 96 Third World Approaches to International Law pages 478 to 482
    16. 97 Why a Consumer Is a Rights-Holder pages 483 to 487
    17. 98 The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection pages 488 to 492
    18. 99 The Consumer Protection Act 2019: the Six Rights pages 493 to 497
    19. 100 The District Commission pages 498 to 503
    20. 101 The State and National Commissions pages 504 to 509
    21. 102 The Major Challenges Faced by Consumers in India pages 510 to 514
    22. 103 Measures to Overcome Them pages 515 to 519
    23. 104 The Digital Consumer, E-Commerce and Unfair Trade Practice pages 520 to 524
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