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  1. Legal Education and Research Methodology

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    Legal Education and Research Methodology

    LL.M. · SEMESTER 2

    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

    munotes.in Foundation Course

    Legal Education and Research Methodology

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    Contents

    Module I

    1. What Legal Education Is 1
    2. Why a Country Needs Legal Education: The Lawyer and the Judge 5
    3. The Other Careers a Law Degree Builds 9
    4. Legal Education and the Citizen 13
    5. Legal Education in the Constitution and in the Advocates Act 17
    6. The Rest of the Bar Council and Enrolment Provisions 21
    7. Legal Education in Ancient and Medieval India 26
    8. Legal Education in India Before Independence 30
    9. The Fourteenth Law Commission Report 34
    10. The 184th Report and the Argument About Standards 38
    11. The National Law Universities and the Five Year Course 42
    12. Legal Education and the National Education Policy 2020 46
    13. Two Regulators, One Course 50
    14. What the LL.M. Is For 54
    15. The Rules of Legal Education 2008 57
    16. Who May Teach Law 61
    17. The Two Law Courses, and Who May Join Them 64
    18. What Must Be Taught: Standard of Courses and the Curriculum 68
    19. The Semester System, the Infrastructure and the End Semester Test 71
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    Module I continued

    1. Inspection, Approval and Revocation 75
    2. Accreditation, and the Machinery Behind the Rules 79
    3. Continuing Legal Education 82
    4. Foreign Degrees and Foreign Universities 86
    5. The Rest of the Rules of Legal Education 89
    6. How Law Is Taught, and Why the Method Matters 93
    7. The Lecture Method 96
    8. The Case Method 100
    9. The Problem Method 104
    10. Discussion, the Socratic Method, the Seminar and the Tutorial 107
    11. The Project and the Assignment 111
    12. Learning by Doing: The Clinical Method, Simulation and Role Play 114
    13. The Moot Court 118
    14. Out of the Classroom: Court Visits, Trial Observation and Internship 122
    15. Technology, E-Learning and the Online Classroom 126
    16. Teaching Legal Research and Legal Writing 129
    17. Choosing a Method, and Combining Methods 133
    18. What an Examination Is For 136
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    Module I continued

    1. What Is Wrong With the Traditional Examination 139
    2. Continuous Internal Assessment and the Semester Pattern 142
    3. Question Types: Objective, Problem and Open Book 145
    4. Assessment Beyond the Written Paper 149
    5. Examining the Clinical Courses 153
    6. Marks, Grades and Credits 156
    7. Moderation, Revaluation and Transparency 159
    8. The All India Bar Examination 162
    9. Examination Reform in the Law Commission Reports and in NEP 2020 166
    10. Malpractice and Academic Integrity in Examinations 170
    11. What Examination Reform Actually Requires 173

    Module II

    1. What Clinical Legal Education Is 176
    2. Where the Clinic Came From 180
    3. What the Clinic Is For 184
    4. The Kinds of Clinic 187
    5. The Four Compulsory Clinical Papers 191
    6. The Legal Aid Clinic in a Law College 195
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    Module II continued

    1. Why Clinical Legal Education Has Not Worked in India 199
    2. What Legal Aid Is, and Why a State Provides It 203
    3. Article 39A and the Constitutional Duty 207
    4. Legal Aid Before the 1987 Act 212
    5. The Legal Services Authorities Act: The Machinery 216
    6. Who Is Entitled to Legal Aid 220
    7. Paying for Legal Aid, and the Rest of the Act 224
    8. How a Person Actually Gets Legal Aid 228
    9. The Legal Services Clinic 232
    10. The Lok Adalat 236
    11. The Permanent Lok Adalat 241
    12. The Judgments That Made Legal Aid a Right 246
    13. Legal Aid: What Still Does Not Work 252
    14. What Legal Literacy Is 256
    15. How Legal Literacy Is Delivered 260
    16. The Law Student and Legal Literacy 264
    17. What a Legal Survey Is 268
    18. How a Legal Survey Is Done 272
    19. Surveys That Changed the Law 276
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    Module II continued

    1. What Law Reform Is, and Who Does It 280
    2. The Law Commission of India 284
    3. From Report to Statute 288
    4. Research as the Engine of Law Reform 292
    5. Law Reform by the Courts, and Its Limits 296

    Module III

    1. What Research Is 300
    2. What Legal Research Is 303
    3. The Objectives of Legal Research 306
    4. What Makes Research Good 309
    5. Pure and Applied Research 312
    6. Descriptive and Analytical Research 315
    7. Quantitative and Qualitative Research 318
    8. Conceptual and Empirical Research 321
    9. Doctrinal Research 324
    10. Doctrinal Research: Merits and Demerits 327
    11. Non Doctrinal Research 331
    12. Non Doctrinal Research: Merits and Demerits 334
    13. Induction and Deduction in Legal Reasoning 337
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    Module III continued

    1. Comparative Legal Research 341
    2. Historical Legal Research 345
    3. Analytical and Critical Legal Research 349
    4. Interdisciplinary Legal Research 353
    5. The Primary Sources of Legal Research 357
    6. The Secondary Sources of Legal Research 360
    7. Juristic Writings and Legal Periodicals 363
    8. Legal Databases and How to Search Them 367
    9. Computers, ICT and Legal Research 371
    10. The Digest, the Citator and Tracing a Case 375
    11. Observation and the Interview 378
    12. The Questionnaire and the Schedule 382
    13. The Case Study 386
    14. The Survey 389
    15. Sampling: What It Is and Why It Is Used 393
    16. Probability Sampling 396
    17. Non Probability Sampling 400
    18. Scaling and Measurement 404
    19. Processing and Analysing Data 407
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    Module III continued

    1. What Empirical Work in Law Cannot Do 411
    2. Research and the Judicial Process 415
    3. What a Research Problem Is 419
    4. Where Research Problems Come From 422
    5. Choosing Between Problems 426
    6. Narrowing and Defining the Problem 429
    7. Research Questions, Aims and Objectives 432
    8. What a Hypothesis Is 436
    9. Where a Hypothesis Comes From, and What Makes It Usable 440
    10. The Types of Hypothesis 444
    11. Formulating a Hypothesis 448
    12. Testing a Hypothesis 451
    13. When the Hypothesis Is Disproved 455
    14. Does Doctrinal Research Need a Hypothesis 459

    Module IV

    1. What a Research Design Is 462
    2. What Makes a Research Design Good 466
    3. The Exploratory or Formulative Design 470
    4. Descriptive and Diagnostic Designs 473
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    Module IV continued

    1. The Experimental Design 476
    2. Historical and Case Study Designs 479
    3. The Parts of a Research Design, and MU's Own List 482
    4. The Introduction 486
    5. Aims and Objectives of the Study 489
    6. Scope of Study, and Its Limitations 493
    7. The Review of Literature 497
    8. Sources of Information 501
    9. The Research Methodology Section 504
    10. Chapterisation 508
    11. The Sampling Design and the Data Collection Design 511
    12. Time, Cost and the Practical Design 514
    13. The Synopsis or Research Proposal 517
    14. Citation: Footnotes, APA and Legal Citation 521
    15. Bibliography and Webliography 525
    16. Plagiarism and the UGC Regulations 528
    17. Artificial Intelligence Tools in Research 533
    18. Research Ethics Beyond Plagiarism 537
    19. Writing the Report 541
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    Module IV continued

    1. Conclusion and Suggestions 545
    2. The Viva Voce on the Dissertation 549
    3. What Goes Wrong in a Research Design 553
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    Every chapter in the notes: 150 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I 48 chapters

    1. 1 What Legal Education Is pages 1 to 4
    2. 2 Why a Country Needs Legal Education: The Lawyer and the Judge pages 5 to 8
    3. 3 The Other Careers a Law Degree Builds pages 9 to 12
    4. 4 Legal Education and the Citizen pages 13 to 16
    5. 5 Legal Education in the Constitution and in the Advocates Act pages 17 to 20
    6. 6 The Rest of the Bar Council and Enrolment Provisions pages 21 to 25
    7. 7 Legal Education in Ancient and Medieval India pages 26 to 29
    8. 8 Legal Education in India Before Independence pages 30 to 33
    9. 9 The Fourteenth Law Commission Report pages 34 to 37
    10. 10 The 184th Report and the Argument About Standards pages 38 to 41
    11. 11 The National Law Universities and the Five Year Course pages 42 to 45
    12. 12 Legal Education and the National Education Policy 2020 pages 46 to 49
    13. 13 Two Regulators, One Course pages 50 to 53
    14. 14 What the LL.M. Is For pages 54 to 56
    15. 15 The Rules of Legal Education 2008 pages 57 to 60
    16. 16 Who May Teach Law pages 61 to 63
    17. 17 The Two Law Courses, and Who May Join Them pages 64 to 67
    18. 18 What Must Be Taught: Standard of Courses and the Curriculum pages 68 to 70
    19. 19 The Semester System, the Infrastructure and the End Semester Test pages 71 to 74
    20. 20 Inspection, Approval and Revocation pages 75 to 78
    21. 21 Accreditation, and the Machinery Behind the Rules pages 79 to 81
    22. 22 Continuing Legal Education pages 82 to 85
    23. 23 Foreign Degrees and Foreign Universities pages 86 to 88
    24. 24 The Rest of the Rules of Legal Education pages 89 to 92
    25. 25 How Law Is Taught, and Why the Method Matters pages 93 to 95
    26. 26 The Lecture Method pages 96 to 99
    27. 27 The Case Method pages 100 to 103
    28. 28 The Problem Method pages 104 to 106
    29. 29 Discussion, the Socratic Method, the Seminar and the Tutorial pages 107 to 110
    30. 30 The Project and the Assignment pages 111 to 113
    31. 31 Learning by Doing: The Clinical Method, Simulation and Role Play pages 114 to 117
    32. 32 The Moot Court pages 118 to 121
    33. 33 Out of the Classroom: Court Visits, Trial Observation and Internship pages 122 to 125
    34. 34 Technology, E-Learning and the Online Classroom pages 126 to 128
    35. 35 Teaching Legal Research and Legal Writing pages 129 to 132
    36. 36 Choosing a Method, and Combining Methods pages 133 to 135
    37. 37 What an Examination Is For pages 136 to 138
    38. 38 What Is Wrong With the Traditional Examination pages 139 to 141
    39. 39 Continuous Internal Assessment and the Semester Pattern pages 142 to 144
    40. 40 Question Types: Objective, Problem and Open Book pages 145 to 148
    41. 41 Assessment Beyond the Written Paper pages 149 to 152
    42. 42 Examining the Clinical Courses pages 153 to 155
    43. 43 Marks, Grades and Credits pages 156 to 158
    44. 44 Moderation, Revaluation and Transparency pages 159 to 161
    45. 45 The All India Bar Examination pages 162 to 165
    46. 46 Examination Reform in the Law Commission Reports and in NEP 2020 pages 166 to 169
    47. 47 Malpractice and Academic Integrity in Examinations pages 170 to 172
    48. 48 What Examination Reform Actually Requires pages 173 to 175

    Module II 30 chapters

    1. 49 What Clinical Legal Education Is pages 176 to 179
    2. 50 Where the Clinic Came From pages 180 to 183
    3. 51 What the Clinic Is For pages 184 to 186
    4. 52 The Kinds of Clinic pages 187 to 190
    5. 53 The Four Compulsory Clinical Papers pages 191 to 194
    6. 54 The Legal Aid Clinic in a Law College pages 195 to 198
    7. 55 Why Clinical Legal Education Has Not Worked in India pages 199 to 202
    8. 56 What Legal Aid Is, and Why a State Provides It pages 203 to 206
    9. 57 Article 39A and the Constitutional Duty pages 207 to 211
    10. 58 Legal Aid Before the 1987 Act pages 212 to 215
    11. 59 The Legal Services Authorities Act: The Machinery pages 216 to 219
    12. 60 Who Is Entitled to Legal Aid pages 220 to 223
    13. 61 Paying for Legal Aid, and the Rest of the Act pages 224 to 227
    14. 62 How a Person Actually Gets Legal Aid pages 228 to 231
    15. 63 The Legal Services Clinic pages 232 to 235
    16. 64 The Lok Adalat pages 236 to 240
    17. 65 The Permanent Lok Adalat pages 241 to 245
    18. 66 The Judgments That Made Legal Aid a Right pages 246 to 251
    19. 67 Legal Aid: What Still Does Not Work pages 252 to 255
    20. 68 What Legal Literacy Is pages 256 to 259
    21. 69 How Legal Literacy Is Delivered pages 260 to 263
    22. 70 The Law Student and Legal Literacy pages 264 to 267
    23. 71 What a Legal Survey Is pages 268 to 271
    24. 72 How a Legal Survey Is Done pages 272 to 275
    25. 73 Surveys That Changed the Law pages 276 to 279
    26. 74 What Law Reform Is, and Who Does It pages 280 to 283
    27. 75 The Law Commission of India pages 284 to 287
    28. 76 From Report to Statute pages 288 to 291
    29. 77 Research as the Engine of Law Reform pages 292 to 295
    30. 78 Law Reform by the Courts, and Its Limits pages 296 to 299

    Module III 46 chapters

    1. 79 What Research Is pages 300 to 302
    2. 80 What Legal Research Is pages 303 to 305
    3. 81 The Objectives of Legal Research pages 306 to 308
    4. 82 What Makes Research Good pages 309 to 311
    5. 83 Pure and Applied Research pages 312 to 314
    6. 84 Descriptive and Analytical Research pages 315 to 317
    7. 85 Quantitative and Qualitative Research pages 318 to 320
    8. 86 Conceptual and Empirical Research pages 321 to 323
    9. 87 Doctrinal Research pages 324 to 326
    10. 88 Doctrinal Research: Merits and Demerits pages 327 to 330
    11. 89 Non Doctrinal Research pages 331 to 333
    12. 90 Non Doctrinal Research: Merits and Demerits pages 334 to 336
    13. 91 Induction and Deduction in Legal Reasoning pages 337 to 340
    14. 92 Comparative Legal Research pages 341 to 344
    15. 93 Historical Legal Research pages 345 to 348
    16. 94 Analytical and Critical Legal Research pages 349 to 352
    17. 95 Interdisciplinary Legal Research pages 353 to 356
    18. 96 The Primary Sources of Legal Research pages 357 to 359
    19. 97 The Secondary Sources of Legal Research pages 360 to 362
    20. 98 Juristic Writings and Legal Periodicals pages 363 to 366
    21. 99 Legal Databases and How to Search Them pages 367 to 370
    22. 100 Computers, ICT and Legal Research pages 371 to 374
    23. 101 The Digest, the Citator and Tracing a Case pages 375 to 377
    24. 102 Observation and the Interview pages 378 to 381
    25. 103 The Questionnaire and the Schedule pages 382 to 385
    26. 104 The Case Study pages 386 to 388
    27. 105 The Survey pages 389 to 392
    28. 106 Sampling: What It Is and Why It Is Used pages 393 to 395
    29. 107 Probability Sampling pages 396 to 399
    30. 108 Non Probability Sampling pages 400 to 403
    31. 109 Scaling and Measurement pages 404 to 406
    32. 110 Processing and Analysing Data pages 407 to 410
    33. 111 What Empirical Work in Law Cannot Do pages 411 to 414
    34. 112 Research and the Judicial Process pages 415 to 418
    35. 113 What a Research Problem Is pages 419 to 421
    36. 114 Where Research Problems Come From pages 422 to 425
    37. 115 Choosing Between Problems pages 426 to 428
    38. 116 Narrowing and Defining the Problem pages 429 to 431
    39. 117 Research Questions, Aims and Objectives pages 432 to 435
    40. 118 What a Hypothesis Is pages 436 to 439
    41. 119 Where a Hypothesis Comes From, and What Makes It Usable pages 440 to 443
    42. 120 The Types of Hypothesis pages 444 to 447
    43. 121 Formulating a Hypothesis pages 448 to 450
    44. 122 Testing a Hypothesis pages 451 to 454
    45. 123 When the Hypothesis Is Disproved pages 455 to 458
    46. 124 Does Doctrinal Research Need a Hypothesis pages 459 to 461

    Module IV 26 chapters

    1. 125 What a Research Design Is pages 462 to 465
    2. 126 What Makes a Research Design Good pages 466 to 469
    3. 127 The Exploratory or Formulative Design pages 470 to 472
    4. 128 Descriptive and Diagnostic Designs pages 473 to 475
    5. 129 The Experimental Design pages 476 to 478
    6. 130 Historical and Case Study Designs pages 479 to 481
    7. 131 The Parts of a Research Design, and MU's Own List pages 482 to 485
    8. 132 The Introduction pages 486 to 488
    9. 133 Aims and Objectives of the Study pages 489 to 492
    10. 134 Scope of Study, and Its Limitations pages 493 to 496
    11. 135 The Review of Literature pages 497 to 500
    12. 136 Sources of Information pages 501 to 503
    13. 137 The Research Methodology Section pages 504 to 507
    14. 138 Chapterisation pages 508 to 510
    15. 139 The Sampling Design and the Data Collection Design pages 511 to 513
    16. 140 Time, Cost and the Practical Design pages 514 to 516
    17. 141 The Synopsis or Research Proposal pages 517 to 520
    18. 142 Citation: Footnotes, APA and Legal Citation pages 521 to 524
    19. 143 Bibliography and Webliography pages 525 to 527
    20. 144 Plagiarism and the UGC Regulations pages 528 to 532
    21. 145 Artificial Intelligence Tools in Research pages 533 to 536
    22. 146 Research Ethics Beyond Plagiarism pages 537 to 540
    23. 147 Writing the Report pages 541 to 544
    24. 148 Conclusion and Suggestions pages 545 to 548
    25. 149 The Viva Voce on the Dissertation pages 549 to 552
    26. 150 What Goes Wrong in a Research Design pages 553 to 556
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  2. Human Rights of Disadvantaged Group

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    Human Rights of Disadvantaged Group

    LL.M. · SEMESTER 2

    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

    munotes.in Group 4 Human Rights Law

    Human Rights of Disadvantaged Group

    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. What This Paper Is About, and the Paper That Fixes It 1
    2. What Makes a Group Disadvantaged 6
    3. Disadvantage, Vulnerability and Marginalisation 10
    4. The Universal Declaration, and the Equality the Concept Rests On 14
    5. The Declaration's Economic and Social Articles 18
    6. Formal Equality and Substantive Equality 23
    7. Article 14, and the Classification Test 28
    8. Reasonable Classification, and the Arbitrariness Doctrine 33
    9. Article 15, and the Enabling Clauses 38
    10. Article 16, and Reservation in Public Employment 43
    11. Article 17, and What Abolition Means 48
    12. Articles 19, 20 and 21 53
    13. Articles 23 and 24: Forced Labour and Child Labour 58
    14. Articles 25 to 28, and Freedom of Religion 63
    15. Articles 29 and 30, and the Rights of Minorities 68
    16. Article 32, and Why the Remedy Is Itself a Right 72
    17. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes: Articles 341 and 342 77
    18. The Backward Classes, Article 340 and Article 342A 81
    19. Who Is a Minority in Indian Law 86
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    1. Women as a Disadvantaged Group 90
    2. The Women's Convention, and the Standard It Sets 95
    3. The Convention's Substantive Articles 100
    4. Children, Article 24 and Article 21A 107
    5. Persons with Disabilities, and the Social Model 112
    6. Labour: the Unorganised Worker and the Bonded Labourer 116
    7. Tribal and Indigenous Communities, and Article 244 121
    8. The Aged, and a Constitutional Silence 126
    9. Transgender Persons, and a Group Recognised Late 131
    10. Caste, Descent, and the Racial Discrimination Convention 136
    11. The Economic and Social Covenant, and Why It Matters Here 141
    12. The Covenant's Substantive Rights 146
    13. The Directive Principles as the Social Justice Programme 152
    14. Article 46, Article 47, and the Weaker Sections 157
    15. Reservation of Seats: Articles 330 to 335 162
    16. Articles 336, 337 and 339, and the Anglo-Indian Community 167
    17. Article 350, and the Linguistic Minority 171
    18. The Constitutional Scheme of Protection, Stated as a Whole 176
    19. Module I Assessed: What the Concept Does and Does Not Settle 181
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    Module II

    1. What Emerging Human Rights Jurisprudence Means 186
    2. Why the Judiciary Rather Than the Legislature 190
    3. Public Interest Litigation, and Why It Matters Here 194
    4. The Relaxation of Locus Standi 199
    5. The Epistolary Jurisdiction 203
    6. Procedural Innovation: the Commission, the Amicus and the Report 207
    7. Article 21 Expanded, and the Right to Live with Dignity 211
    8. The Right to Livelihood 216
    9. Article 23, Forced Labour, and What Force Means 221
    10. The Bonded Labour Act: Abolition and Extinguishment 226
    11. The Act's Machinery: District Magistrates and Vigilance Committees 232
    12. The Offences, and the Trial 238
    13. Bonded Labour Before the Courts 243
    14. The Judiciary and the Unorganised Worker 248
    15. The Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act: the Scheme 252
    16. Registration, Boards and Facilitation Centres 258
    17. The Judiciary and Child Labour 264
    18. The Child and Adolescent Labour Act: the Prohibition 269
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    Module II continued

    1. The Regulation of Conditions of Work 274
    2. The Penalties, the Fund and the Inspectors 279
    3. The Convention on the Rights of the Child: the Four General Principles 285
    4. Article 12, and the Right of the Child to Be Heard 290
    5. The Convention's Articles About Disadvantaged Children 295
    6. The Judiciary and the Rights of Children 302
    7. The Judiciary and Tribal and Indigenous Communities 307
    8. The Forest Rights Act: a Right Recognised Rather Than Conferred 312
    9. Duties, the Gram Sabha and the Committees 319
    10. The Panchayats Extension Act, and Consent in a Scheduled Area 325
    11. The Judiciary and Women's Rights 331
    12. Guidelines Drawn from a Convention India Had Ratified 336
    13. The Judiciary and Persons with Disabilities 341
    14. The Judiciary and Transgender Persons 346
    15. The Judiciary and People Living with HIV 351
    16. Compensation in Public Law 356
    17. Continuing Mandamus, and Judicial Monitoring 361
    18. Landmark Judicial Pronouncements, and How to Use Them 365
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    Module II continued

    1. The Criticisms of Judicial Activism 370
    2. The Answers to Those Criticisms 374
    3. The Limits of What a Court Can Do for a Disadvantaged Group 379
    4. Module II Assessed: What the Judiciary Has Actually Delivered 383

    Module III

    1. What Enforcement Means for a Group 387
    2. Article 32 and Article 226 Compared 391
    3. The National Human Rights Commission, and Section 12 396
    4. The State Human Rights Commissions 402
    5. Human Rights Courts Under Section 30 406
    6. The National Commission for Minorities: Why It Exists 410
    7. Its Constitution, Term and Composition 414
    8. Its Section 9 Functions, and the Civil Court Powers 419
    9. Grants, Accounts and the Annual Report 424
    10. The Notification of a Minority, and Why the Act Does Not Define One 429
    11. The National Commission for Minorities Assessed 433
    12. The National Commission for Women: Why It Exists 438
    13. Its Constitution, Term and Committees 443
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    1. Its Section 10 Functions 448
    2. Section 16, and the Duty to Consult the Commission 454
    3. The Watchdog Claim, and Whether the Act Supports It 459
    4. The Commission's Practical Functioning 463
    5. Article 338, and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes 468
    6. Article 338A, and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes 473
    7. Article 338B, and the National Commission for Backward Classes 478
    8. The Powers and Functions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Commissions 483
    9. The Atrocities Act: the Offences 488
    10. The Duties of the State, and the Section 10 Removal Power 495
    11. Special Courts, and the Section 18 Bar 501
    12. The Rights of Victims and Witnesses 507
    13. The Commissions for Protection of Child Rights, and the Children's Courts 513
    14. The Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities 519
    15. The State Commissioner, the Special Court and the Offences 525
    16. The HIV and AIDS Ombudsman 531
    17. The Maintenance Tribunal for Senior Citizens 537
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    Module III continued

    1. The Appellate Tribunal, and the Maintenance Officer 543
    2. Old Age Homes, Medical Support and the Offences 548
    3. The National Council for Transgender Persons 554
    4. What the Commissions Have in Common, and Where They All Stop 560
    5. Why Enforcement Fails for a Disadvantaged Group 565
    6. Module III Assessed: the Machinery and Its Gaps 570

    Module IV

    1. What a Future Perspectives Question Is Asking For 575
    2. From Welfare to Rights 579
    3. Intersectionality, and a Person in Two Groups 584
    4. Human Rights of Stateless Persons: Who Is One 589
    5. The 1954 Convention: Treatment, Papers and Expulsion 594
    6. The 1961 Convention, and Preventing Statelessness 600
    7. India and Statelessness: the Citizenship Act 607
    8. The HIV and AIDS Act: Discrimination and Consent 613
    9. Disclosure, Confidentiality and the Duty to Prevent 619
    10. Obligations on Government and on Establishments 626
    11. The Disability Convention: Purpose and Principles 632
    12. The Convention's Substantive Rights 638
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    Module IV continued

    1. Education, Health, Work and an Adequate Standard of Living 645
    2. Reasonable Accommodation as a Legal Duty 653
    3. The 2016 Act: the Rights and Entitlements 658
    4. Education, Skill Development and Employment 667
    5. Health, Rehabilitation, Reservation and Accessibility 674
    6. A Convention Enacted Almost Provision for Provision 681
    7. The 2019 Act: Recognition and Identity 687
    8. Obligations, Employment, Residence and Health 696
    9. The Criticism of the 2019 Act 702
    10. The Aged, and the Demographic Case for a Right 711
    11. Climate, Displacement and the Newly Disadvantaged 717
    12. Technology, Exclusion and the Digital Divide 722
    13. The Gap Between the Statute and the Group It Names 728
    14. What India Has Done Well for Disadvantaged Groups 733
    15. What Is Still Missing 738
    16. The Case for a Single Anti-Discrimination Statute 744
    17. Data, Identification and the Problem of Counting a Group 750
    18. The Role of Civil Society and of the Group Itself 755
    19. Caste, the Treaty Bodies, and the International Future 761
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    2. The Future Perspectives, Stated as a Set of Propositions 772
    3. Module IV Assessed: What the Next Twenty Years Require 778
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    Module I 38 chapters

    1. 1 What This Paper Is About, and the Paper That Fixes It pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 What Makes a Group Disadvantaged pages 6 to 9
    3. 3 Disadvantage, Vulnerability and Marginalisation pages 10 to 13
    4. 4 The Universal Declaration, and the Equality the Concept Rests On pages 14 to 17
    5. 5 The Declaration's Economic and Social Articles pages 18 to 22
    6. 6 Formal Equality and Substantive Equality pages 23 to 27
    7. 7 Article 14, and the Classification Test pages 28 to 32
    8. 8 Reasonable Classification, and the Arbitrariness Doctrine pages 33 to 37
    9. 9 Article 15, and the Enabling Clauses pages 38 to 42
    10. 10 Article 16, and Reservation in Public Employment pages 43 to 47
    11. 11 Article 17, and What Abolition Means pages 48 to 52
    12. 12 Articles 19, 20 and 21 pages 53 to 57
    13. 13 Articles 23 and 24: Forced Labour and Child Labour pages 58 to 62
    14. 14 Articles 25 to 28, and Freedom of Religion pages 63 to 67
    15. 15 Articles 29 and 30, and the Rights of Minorities pages 68 to 71
    16. 16 Article 32, and Why the Remedy Is Itself a Right pages 72 to 76
    17. 17 The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes: Articles 341 and 342 pages 77 to 80
    18. 18 The Backward Classes, Article 340 and Article 342A pages 81 to 85
    19. 19 Who Is a Minority in Indian Law pages 86 to 89
    20. 20 Women as a Disadvantaged Group pages 90 to 94
    21. 21 The Women's Convention, and the Standard It Sets pages 95 to 99
    22. 22 The Convention's Substantive Articles pages 100 to 106
    23. 23 Children, Article 24 and Article 21A pages 107 to 111
    24. 24 Persons with Disabilities, and the Social Model pages 112 to 115
    25. 25 Labour: the Unorganised Worker and the Bonded Labourer pages 116 to 120
    26. 26 Tribal and Indigenous Communities, and Article 244 pages 121 to 125
    27. 27 The Aged, and a Constitutional Silence pages 126 to 130
    28. 28 Transgender Persons, and a Group Recognised Late pages 131 to 135
    29. 29 Caste, Descent, and the Racial Discrimination Convention pages 136 to 140
    30. 30 The Economic and Social Covenant, and Why It Matters Here pages 141 to 145
    31. 31 The Covenant's Substantive Rights pages 146 to 151
    32. 32 The Directive Principles as the Social Justice Programme pages 152 to 156
    33. 33 Article 46, Article 47, and the Weaker Sections pages 157 to 161
    34. 34 Reservation of Seats: Articles 330 to 335 pages 162 to 166
    35. 35 Articles 336, 337 and 339, and the Anglo-Indian Community pages 167 to 170
    36. 36 Article 350, and the Linguistic Minority pages 171 to 175
    37. 37 The Constitutional Scheme of Protection, Stated as a Whole pages 176 to 180
    38. 38 Module I Assessed: What the Concept Does and Does Not Settle pages 181 to 185

    Module II 40 chapters

    1. 39 What Emerging Human Rights Jurisprudence Means pages 186 to 189
    2. 40 Why the Judiciary Rather Than the Legislature pages 190 to 193
    3. 41 Public Interest Litigation, and Why It Matters Here pages 194 to 198
    4. 42 The Relaxation of Locus Standi pages 199 to 202
    5. 43 The Epistolary Jurisdiction pages 203 to 206
    6. 44 Procedural Innovation: the Commission, the Amicus and the Report pages 207 to 210
    7. 45 Article 21 Expanded, and the Right to Live with Dignity pages 211 to 215
    8. 46 The Right to Livelihood pages 216 to 220
    9. 47 Article 23, Forced Labour, and What Force Means pages 221 to 225
    10. 48 The Bonded Labour Act: Abolition and Extinguishment pages 226 to 231
    11. 49 The Act's Machinery: District Magistrates and Vigilance Committees pages 232 to 237
    12. 50 The Offences, and the Trial pages 238 to 242
    13. 51 Bonded Labour Before the Courts pages 243 to 247
    14. 52 The Judiciary and the Unorganised Worker pages 248 to 251
    15. 53 The Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act: the Scheme pages 252 to 257
    16. 54 Registration, Boards and Facilitation Centres pages 258 to 263
    17. 55 The Judiciary and Child Labour pages 264 to 268
    18. 56 The Child and Adolescent Labour Act: the Prohibition pages 269 to 273
    19. 57 The Regulation of Conditions of Work pages 274 to 278
    20. 58 The Penalties, the Fund and the Inspectors pages 279 to 284
    21. 59 The Convention on the Rights of the Child: the Four General Principles pages 285 to 289
    22. 60 Article 12, and the Right of the Child to Be Heard pages 290 to 294
    23. 61 The Convention's Articles About Disadvantaged Children pages 295 to 301
    24. 62 The Judiciary and the Rights of Children pages 302 to 306
    25. 63 The Judiciary and Tribal and Indigenous Communities pages 307 to 311
    26. 64 The Forest Rights Act: a Right Recognised Rather Than Conferred pages 312 to 318
    27. 65 Duties, the Gram Sabha and the Committees pages 319 to 324
    28. 66 The Panchayats Extension Act, and Consent in a Scheduled Area pages 325 to 330
    29. 67 The Judiciary and Women's Rights pages 331 to 335
    30. 68 Guidelines Drawn from a Convention India Had Ratified pages 336 to 340
    31. 69 The Judiciary and Persons with Disabilities pages 341 to 345
    32. 70 The Judiciary and Transgender Persons pages 346 to 350
    33. 71 The Judiciary and People Living with HIV pages 351 to 355
    34. 72 Compensation in Public Law pages 356 to 360
    35. 73 Continuing Mandamus, and Judicial Monitoring pages 361 to 364
    36. 74 Landmark Judicial Pronouncements, and How to Use Them pages 365 to 369
    37. 75 The Criticisms of Judicial Activism pages 370 to 373
    38. 76 The Answers to Those Criticisms pages 374 to 378
    39. 77 The Limits of What a Court Can Do for a Disadvantaged Group pages 379 to 382
    40. 78 Module II Assessed: What the Judiciary Has Actually Delivered pages 383 to 386

    Module III 36 chapters

    1. 79 What Enforcement Means for a Group pages 387 to 390
    2. 80 Article 32 and Article 226 Compared pages 391 to 395
    3. 81 The National Human Rights Commission, and Section 12 pages 396 to 401
    4. 82 The State Human Rights Commissions pages 402 to 405
    5. 83 Human Rights Courts Under Section 30 pages 406 to 409
    6. 84 The National Commission for Minorities: Why It Exists pages 410 to 413
    7. 85 Its Constitution, Term and Composition pages 414 to 418
    8. 86 Its Section 9 Functions, and the Civil Court Powers pages 419 to 423
    9. 87 Grants, Accounts and the Annual Report pages 424 to 428
    10. 88 The Notification of a Minority, and Why the Act Does Not Define One pages 429 to 432
    11. 89 The National Commission for Minorities Assessed pages 433 to 437
    12. 90 The National Commission for Women: Why It Exists pages 438 to 442
    13. 91 Its Constitution, Term and Committees pages 443 to 447
    14. 92 Its Section 10 Functions pages 448 to 453
    15. 93 Section 16, and the Duty to Consult the Commission pages 454 to 458
    16. 94 The Watchdog Claim, and Whether the Act Supports It pages 459 to 462
    17. 95 The Commission's Practical Functioning pages 463 to 467
    18. 96 Article 338, and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes pages 468 to 472
    19. 97 Article 338A, and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes pages 473 to 477
    20. 98 Article 338B, and the National Commission for Backward Classes pages 478 to 482
    21. 99 The Powers and Functions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Commissions pages 483 to 487
    22. 100 The Atrocities Act: the Offences pages 488 to 494
    23. 101 The Duties of the State, and the Section 10 Removal Power pages 495 to 500
    24. 102 Special Courts, and the Section 18 Bar pages 501 to 506
    25. 103 The Rights of Victims and Witnesses pages 507 to 512
    26. 104 The Commissions for Protection of Child Rights, and the Children's Courts pages 513 to 518
    27. 105 The Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities pages 519 to 524
    28. 106 The State Commissioner, the Special Court and the Offences pages 525 to 530
    29. 107 The HIV and AIDS Ombudsman pages 531 to 536
    30. 108 The Maintenance Tribunal for Senior Citizens pages 537 to 542
    31. 109 The Appellate Tribunal, and the Maintenance Officer pages 543 to 547
    32. 110 Old Age Homes, Medical Support and the Offences pages 548 to 553
    33. 111 The National Council for Transgender Persons pages 554 to 559
    34. 112 What the Commissions Have in Common, and Where They All Stop pages 560 to 564
    35. 113 Why Enforcement Fails for a Disadvantaged Group pages 565 to 569
    36. 114 Module III Assessed: the Machinery and Its Gaps pages 570 to 574

    Module IV 34 chapters

    1. 115 What a Future Perspectives Question Is Asking For pages 575 to 578
    2. 116 From Welfare to Rights pages 579 to 583
    3. 117 Intersectionality, and a Person in Two Groups pages 584 to 588
    4. 118 Human Rights of Stateless Persons: Who Is One pages 589 to 593
    5. 119 The 1954 Convention: Treatment, Papers and Expulsion pages 594 to 599
    6. 120 The 1961 Convention, and Preventing Statelessness pages 600 to 606
    7. 121 India and Statelessness: the Citizenship Act pages 607 to 612
    8. 122 The HIV and AIDS Act: Discrimination and Consent pages 613 to 618
    9. 123 Disclosure, Confidentiality and the Duty to Prevent pages 619 to 625
    10. 124 Obligations on Government and on Establishments pages 626 to 631
    11. 125 The Disability Convention: Purpose and Principles pages 632 to 637
    12. 126 The Convention's Substantive Rights pages 638 to 644
    13. 127 Education, Health, Work and an Adequate Standard of Living pages 645 to 652
    14. 128 Reasonable Accommodation as a Legal Duty pages 653 to 657
    15. 129 The 2016 Act: the Rights and Entitlements pages 658 to 666
    16. 130 Education, Skill Development and Employment pages 667 to 673
    17. 131 Health, Rehabilitation, Reservation and Accessibility pages 674 to 680
    18. 132 A Convention Enacted Almost Provision for Provision pages 681 to 686
    19. 133 The 2019 Act: Recognition and Identity pages 687 to 695
    20. 134 Obligations, Employment, Residence and Health pages 696 to 701
    21. 135 The Criticism of the 2019 Act pages 702 to 710
    22. 136 The Aged, and the Demographic Case for a Right pages 711 to 716
    23. 137 Climate, Displacement and the Newly Disadvantaged pages 717 to 721
    24. 138 Technology, Exclusion and the Digital Divide pages 722 to 727
    25. 139 The Gap Between the Statute and the Group It Names pages 728 to 732
    26. 140 What India Has Done Well for Disadvantaged Groups pages 733 to 737
    27. 141 What Is Still Missing pages 738 to 743
    28. 142 The Case for a Single Anti-Discrimination Statute pages 744 to 749
    29. 143 Data, Identification and the Problem of Counting a Group pages 750 to 754
    30. 144 The Role of Civil Society and of the Group Itself pages 755 to 760
    31. 145 Caste, the Treaty Bodies, and the International Future pages 761 to 765
    32. 146 Women, the Personal Laws, and the Reservations India Entered pages 766 to 771
    33. 147 The Future Perspectives, Stated as a Set of Propositions pages 772 to 777
    34. 148 Module IV Assessed: What the Next Twenty Years Require pages 778 to 782
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    Module I

    1. What This Paper Is About, and the Two Papers That Fix It 1
    2. What a Human Right Is, and Where the Idea Comes From 5
    3. Human Rights and Fundamental Rights: the Distinction 10
    4. The Pre-Constitutional Demand for a Bill of Rights 15
    5. The Constituent Assembly, and the Choice of a Justiciable Part III 20
    6. Why the Social and Economic Rights Went into Part IV 25
    7. Part III: the Architecture, and Article 12 30
    8. Rights of Persons and Rights of Citizens 35
    9. Article 14: Equality Before the Law 39
    10. Classification, and Arbitrariness as the Antithesis of Equality 43
    11. Articles 15 and 16: Discrimination and Public Employment 47
    12. Articles 17 and 18: Untouchability and Titles 52
    13. Article 19: the Six Freedoms and Their Restrictions 56
    14. Article 20: Protection in Respect of Conviction 61
    15. Article 21: Life and Personal Liberty 65
    16. How Article 21 Was Enlarged 70
    17. Chandrima Das, and a Foreigner's Article 21 75
    18. Article 21A: Education as a Fundamental Right 80
    19. Article 22: Arrest, Detention and the Preventive Detention Exception 85
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    Module I continued

    1. Articles 23 and 24: Forced Labour and Child Labour 90
    2. Articles 25 to 28: Freedom of Religion 95
    3. Articles 29 and 30: Minorities 100
    4. Articles 31 to 35: What Was Removed, and What Remains 105
    5. Article 32: the Remedy That Is Itself a Right 110
    6. The Universal Declaration as the Model Code 115
    7. Which Declaration Article Answers Which Fundamental Right 120
    8. The Declaration's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 125
    9. Part IV: the Directive Principles 131
    10. The Contribution of the Directive Principles to Human Rights 136
    11. The Directives Added Later 141
    12. The Interrelationship of Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles 146
    13. Article 51A: the Fundamental Duties 151
    14. The Amendments That Changed Part III 156
    15. Indian Societal Responses to the Ideology of Human Rights 160
    16. What Part III Does Not Contain 165
    17. Module I Assessed: How Far the Constitution Carries Human Rights 170
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    Module II

    1. What Judicial Activism Is 175
    2. Judicial Activism and Judicial Overreach 179
    3. The Conditions That Produced It in India 183
    4. Public Interest Litigation: What It Is 187
    5. The Relaxation of Locus Standi 191
    6. Justice Bhagwati's Formulation, Which MU Quotes Twice 195
    7. The Epistolary Jurisdiction 200
    8. Procedural Innovation: the Commission, the Amicus and the Mandamus 204
    9. The Continuing Mandamus 208
    10. Due Process Read into a Constitution That Refused It 212
    11. The Right to Live with Human Dignity 216
    12. The Rights Read into Article 21 221
    13. The Right to a Speedy Trial 225
    14. Free Legal Aid, and Article 39A 229
    15. The Rights of Prisoners 234
    16. Custodial Violence, and the Guidelines on Arrest 239
    17. Compensation in Public Law 244
    18. The Right to Livelihood 249
    19. Shelter, Health and Food 254
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    1. Education: From a Directive to Article 21A 259
    2. The Supreme Court and Environmental Jurisprudence 264
    3. Polluter Pays, Precaution, and Absolute Liability 269
    4. Guidelines That Stand Until Parliament Legislates 274
    5. Guidelines Drawn from a Convention India Had Ratified 279
    6. The Right to Privacy 284
    7. The Criticisms of Judicial Activism 288
    8. The Answers to Those Criticisms 292
    9. The Limits: What a Court Cannot Do However Activist 297
    10. Module II Assessed: What Judicial Activism Achieved 301

    Module III

    1. What Enforcement Means 306
    2. Article 32 and Article 226 Compared 310
    3. The Five Writs 315
    4. Habeas Corpus, and Its Place in Human Rights Enforcement 320
    5. The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993: Why It Was Passed 324
    6. The Section 2(1)(d) Definition, and How Much It Carries 328
    7. The National Commission: Composition and Appointment 333
    8. Vacancies, Procedure and Staff 338
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    1. Functions of the Commission: Section 12 343
    2. Powers Relating to Inquiries: Sections 13 to 16 348
    3. Inquiry into Complaints, and Steps After It 353
    4. Why Its Recommendations Are Only Recommendations 358
    5. Section 19, and the Armed Forces Limitation 363
    6. Annual and Special Reports 368
    7. Matters Outside Jurisdiction, and the One Year Bar 372
    8. The State Human Rights Commissions 377
    9. Grants, Accounts and Audit 382
    10. The 2019 Amendment, and What It Changed 387
    11. Human Rights Courts Under Section 30 392
    12. The Implementation of the 1993 Act Assessed 397
    13. The Other Statutory Commissions 402
    14. The Child Rights Commissions 407
    15. The State Child Rights Commissions, and the Children's Courts 413
    16. Special Courts: What They Are, and Why Parliament Creates Them 419
    17. The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act: the Offences 423
    18. The Act's Machinery: Special Courts and the Section 18 Bar 429
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    1. POCSO: Special Courts and Child Friendly Procedure 434
    2. Statutory Tribunals, and Their Place in Human Rights Protection 439
    3. The Role of the Civil Courts 444
    4. The Role of the Criminal Courts 448
    5. AFSPA: What the Act Actually Says 453
    6. Section 4, and the Power to Fire Causing Death 458
    7. Sections 5 and 6: Handing Over, and the Sanction Bar 463
    8. The Naga People's Movement Decision, and the Safeguards 468
    9. AFSPA Assessed Against the Rule of Law 473
    10. The Commission's Record on Custodial Death and on AFSPA 478
    11. Why Enforcement Fails in India 483
    12. Module III Assessed: the Machinery and Its Gaps 488

    Module IV

    1. Dualism, and Why a Treaty Is Not Law in India 493
    2. Article 253, and the Power to Implement a Treaty 497
    3. Article 51(c), and the Duty to Foster Respect for International Law 502
    4. The Rule That a Convention in Harmony Is Read Into the Rights 506
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    1. The Role of India in the Incorporation of International Standards 511
    2. What India Has Ratified, and What It Has Not 515
    3. India's Reservations and Declarations 520
    4. The Charter Obligations, and the Declaration's Standing 526
    5. The Civil and Political Covenant: the Rights 530
    6. Article 4, Derogation, and the Test AFSPA Has to Meet 535
    7. The Human Rights Committee, and India's Reporting Record 541
    8. The Economic and Social Covenant, and Progressive Realisation 546
    9. India's Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 553
    10. The Convention's Rights, and the Four General Principles 558
    11. The Committee on the Rights of the Child 564
    12. The Domestic Framework the Convention Shaped 569
    13. The Juvenile Justice Act, and Section 3's General Principles 573
    14. The Act's Procedure, and the Child in Conflict with Law 578
    15. POCSO: the Offences, and the Duty to Report 584
    16. The Right to Education Act: the Right Itself 590
    17. The Act's Obligations on Schools 596
    18. Teachers, Curriculum and Monitoring 601
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    1. The Racial Discrimination Convention, and the Disagreement About Caste 606
    2. The Women's Convention, and What India Reserved 612
    3. The Universal Periodic Review, and What India Has Accepted 619
    4. Large Scale Infrastructure and Indigenous Communities 623
    5. Involuntary Displacement, and the Rights It Affects 628
    6. The 2013 Act: Consent, and the Social Impact Assessment 633
    7. Compensation, and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award 641
    8. The Forest Rights Act, and a Right Recognised Rather Than Conferred 650
    9. What India Has Done Well 658
    10. The Gap Between Ratification and Implementation 663
    11. What the Indian Human Rights System Has and Has Not Achieved 668
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    Module I 36 chapters

    1. 1 What This Paper Is About, and the Two Papers That Fix It pages 1 to 4
    2. 2 What a Human Right Is, and Where the Idea Comes From pages 5 to 9
    3. 3 Human Rights and Fundamental Rights: the Distinction pages 10 to 14
    4. 4 The Pre-Constitutional Demand for a Bill of Rights pages 15 to 19
    5. 5 The Constituent Assembly, and the Choice of a Justiciable Part III pages 20 to 24
    6. 6 Why the Social and Economic Rights Went into Part IV pages 25 to 29
    7. 7 Part III: the Architecture, and Article 12 pages 30 to 34
    8. 8 Rights of Persons and Rights of Citizens pages 35 to 38
    9. 9 Article 14: Equality Before the Law pages 39 to 42
    10. 10 Classification, and Arbitrariness as the Antithesis of Equality pages 43 to 46
    11. 11 Articles 15 and 16: Discrimination and Public Employment pages 47 to 51
    12. 12 Articles 17 and 18: Untouchability and Titles pages 52 to 55
    13. 13 Article 19: the Six Freedoms and Their Restrictions pages 56 to 60
    14. 14 Article 20: Protection in Respect of Conviction pages 61 to 64
    15. 15 Article 21: Life and Personal Liberty pages 65 to 69
    16. 16 How Article 21 Was Enlarged pages 70 to 74
    17. 17 Chandrima Das, and a Foreigner's Article 21 pages 75 to 79
    18. 18 Article 21A: Education as a Fundamental Right pages 80 to 84
    19. 19 Article 22: Arrest, Detention and the Preventive Detention Exception pages 85 to 89
    20. 20 Articles 23 and 24: Forced Labour and Child Labour pages 90 to 94
    21. 21 Articles 25 to 28: Freedom of Religion pages 95 to 99
    22. 22 Articles 29 and 30: Minorities pages 100 to 104
    23. 23 Articles 31 to 35: What Was Removed, and What Remains pages 105 to 109
    24. 24 Article 32: the Remedy That Is Itself a Right pages 110 to 114
    25. 25 The Universal Declaration as the Model Code pages 115 to 119
    26. 26 Which Declaration Article Answers Which Fundamental Right pages 120 to 124
    27. 27 The Declaration's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights pages 125 to 130
    28. 28 Part IV: the Directive Principles pages 131 to 135
    29. 29 The Contribution of the Directive Principles to Human Rights pages 136 to 140
    30. 30 The Directives Added Later pages 141 to 145
    31. 31 The Interrelationship of Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles pages 146 to 150
    32. 32 Article 51A: the Fundamental Duties pages 151 to 155
    33. 33 The Amendments That Changed Part III pages 156 to 159
    34. 34 Indian Societal Responses to the Ideology of Human Rights pages 160 to 164
    35. 35 What Part III Does Not Contain pages 165 to 169
    36. 36 Module I Assessed: How Far the Constitution Carries Human Rights pages 170 to 174

    Module II 29 chapters

    1. 37 What Judicial Activism Is pages 175 to 178
    2. 38 Judicial Activism and Judicial Overreach pages 179 to 182
    3. 39 The Conditions That Produced It in India pages 183 to 186
    4. 40 Public Interest Litigation: What It Is pages 187 to 190
    5. 41 The Relaxation of Locus Standi pages 191 to 194
    6. 42 Justice Bhagwati's Formulation, Which MU Quotes Twice pages 195 to 199
    7. 43 The Epistolary Jurisdiction pages 200 to 203
    8. 44 Procedural Innovation: the Commission, the Amicus and the Mandamus pages 204 to 207
    9. 45 The Continuing Mandamus pages 208 to 211
    10. 46 Due Process Read into a Constitution That Refused It pages 212 to 215
    11. 47 The Right to Live with Human Dignity pages 216 to 220
    12. 48 The Rights Read into Article 21 pages 221 to 224
    13. 49 The Right to a Speedy Trial pages 225 to 228
    14. 50 Free Legal Aid, and Article 39A pages 229 to 233
    15. 51 The Rights of Prisoners pages 234 to 238
    16. 52 Custodial Violence, and the Guidelines on Arrest pages 239 to 243
    17. 53 Compensation in Public Law pages 244 to 248
    18. 54 The Right to Livelihood pages 249 to 253
    19. 55 Shelter, Health and Food pages 254 to 258
    20. 56 Education: From a Directive to Article 21A pages 259 to 263
    21. 57 The Supreme Court and Environmental Jurisprudence pages 264 to 268
    22. 58 Polluter Pays, Precaution, and Absolute Liability pages 269 to 273
    23. 59 Guidelines That Stand Until Parliament Legislates pages 274 to 278
    24. 60 Guidelines Drawn from a Convention India Had Ratified pages 279 to 283
    25. 61 The Right to Privacy pages 284 to 287
    26. 62 The Criticisms of Judicial Activism pages 288 to 291
    27. 63 The Answers to Those Criticisms pages 292 to 296
    28. 64 The Limits: What a Court Cannot Do However Activist pages 297 to 300
    29. 65 Module II Assessed: What Judicial Activism Achieved pages 301 to 305

    Module III 38 chapters

    1. 66 What Enforcement Means pages 306 to 309
    2. 67 Article 32 and Article 226 Compared pages 310 to 314
    3. 68 The Five Writs pages 315 to 319
    4. 69 Habeas Corpus, and Its Place in Human Rights Enforcement pages 320 to 323
    5. 70 The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993: Why It Was Passed pages 324 to 327
    6. 71 The Section 2(1)(d) Definition, and How Much It Carries pages 328 to 332
    7. 72 The National Commission: Composition and Appointment pages 333 to 337
    8. 73 Vacancies, Procedure and Staff pages 338 to 342
    9. 74 Functions of the Commission: Section 12 pages 343 to 347
    10. 75 Powers Relating to Inquiries: Sections 13 to 16 pages 348 to 352
    11. 76 Inquiry into Complaints, and Steps After It pages 353 to 357
    12. 77 Why Its Recommendations Are Only Recommendations pages 358 to 362
    13. 78 Section 19, and the Armed Forces Limitation pages 363 to 367
    14. 79 Annual and Special Reports pages 368 to 371
    15. 80 Matters Outside Jurisdiction, and the One Year Bar pages 372 to 376
    16. 81 The State Human Rights Commissions pages 377 to 381
    17. 82 Grants, Accounts and Audit pages 382 to 386
    18. 83 The 2019 Amendment, and What It Changed pages 387 to 391
    19. 84 Human Rights Courts Under Section 30 pages 392 to 396
    20. 85 The Implementation of the 1993 Act Assessed pages 397 to 401
    21. 86 The Other Statutory Commissions pages 402 to 406
    22. 87 The Child Rights Commissions pages 407 to 412
    23. 88 The State Child Rights Commissions, and the Children's Courts pages 413 to 418
    24. 89 Special Courts: What They Are, and Why Parliament Creates Them pages 419 to 422
    25. 90 The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act: the Offences pages 423 to 428
    26. 91 The Act's Machinery: Special Courts and the Section 18 Bar pages 429 to 433
    27. 92 POCSO: Special Courts and Child Friendly Procedure pages 434 to 438
    28. 93 Statutory Tribunals, and Their Place in Human Rights Protection pages 439 to 443
    29. 94 The Role of the Civil Courts pages 444 to 447
    30. 95 The Role of the Criminal Courts pages 448 to 452
    31. 96 AFSPA: What the Act Actually Says pages 453 to 457
    32. 97 Section 4, and the Power to Fire Causing Death pages 458 to 462
    33. 98 Sections 5 and 6: Handing Over, and the Sanction Bar pages 463 to 467
    34. 99 The Naga People's Movement Decision, and the Safeguards pages 468 to 472
    35. 100 AFSPA Assessed Against the Rule of Law pages 473 to 477
    36. 101 The Commission's Record on Custodial Death and on AFSPA pages 478 to 482
    37. 102 Why Enforcement Fails in India pages 483 to 487
    38. 103 Module III Assessed: the Machinery and Its Gaps pages 488 to 492

    Module IV 33 chapters

    1. 104 Dualism, and Why a Treaty Is Not Law in India pages 493 to 496
    2. 105 Article 253, and the Power to Implement a Treaty pages 497 to 501
    3. 106 Article 51(c), and the Duty to Foster Respect for International Law pages 502 to 505
    4. 107 The Rule That a Convention in Harmony Is Read Into the Rights pages 506 to 510
    5. 108 The Role of India in the Incorporation of International Standards pages 511 to 514
    6. 109 What India Has Ratified, and What It Has Not pages 515 to 519
    7. 110 India's Reservations and Declarations pages 520 to 525
    8. 111 The Charter Obligations, and the Declaration's Standing pages 526 to 529
    9. 112 The Civil and Political Covenant: the Rights pages 530 to 534
    10. 113 Article 4, Derogation, and the Test AFSPA Has to Meet pages 535 to 540
    11. 114 The Human Rights Committee, and India's Reporting Record pages 541 to 545
    12. 115 The Economic and Social Covenant, and Progressive Realisation pages 546 to 552
    13. 116 India's Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child pages 553 to 557
    14. 117 The Convention's Rights, and the Four General Principles pages 558 to 563
    15. 118 The Committee on the Rights of the Child pages 564 to 568
    16. 119 The Domestic Framework the Convention Shaped pages 569 to 572
    17. 120 The Juvenile Justice Act, and Section 3's General Principles pages 573 to 577
    18. 121 The Act's Procedure, and the Child in Conflict with Law pages 578 to 583
    19. 122 POCSO: the Offences, and the Duty to Report pages 584 to 589
    20. 123 The Right to Education Act: the Right Itself pages 590 to 595
    21. 124 The Act's Obligations on Schools pages 596 to 600
    22. 125 Teachers, Curriculum and Monitoring pages 601 to 605
    23. 126 The Racial Discrimination Convention, and the Disagreement About Caste pages 606 to 611
    24. 127 The Women's Convention, and What India Reserved pages 612 to 618
    25. 128 The Universal Periodic Review, and What India Has Accepted pages 619 to 622
    26. 129 Large Scale Infrastructure and Indigenous Communities pages 623 to 627
    27. 130 Involuntary Displacement, and the Rights It Affects pages 628 to 632
    28. 131 The 2013 Act: Consent, and the Social Impact Assessment pages 633 to 640
    29. 132 Compensation, and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award pages 641 to 649
    30. 133 The Forest Rights Act, and a Right Recognised Rather Than Conferred pages 650 to 657
    31. 134 What India Has Done Well pages 658 to 662
    32. 135 The Gap Between Ratification and Implementation pages 663 to 667
    33. 136 What the Indian Human Rights System Has and Has Not Achieved pages 668 to 672
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    Judicial Process

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    Contents

    Module I

    1. What the Judicial Process Is 1
    2. The Judicial Process as an Instrument of Social Ordering 6
    3. Cardozo and the Nature of the Judicial Process 11
    4. The Declaratory Theory and the Living Oracle 15
    5. Judicial Reasoning, not Calculation 19
    6. The Final Cause of Law Is the Welfare of Society 23
    7. The Gap in the Law 27
    8. Creation, not Discovery 31
    9. The Method of Philosophy: The Rule of Logic 36
    10. The Method of History 40
    11. The Method of Tradition and Custom 44
    12. The Method of Sociology 48
    13. Judicial Creativity and the Growth of Law 53
    14. The Tools and Techniques of Judicial Creativity 57
    15. The Limits of Judicial Creativity 62
    16. The Doctrine of Precedent 67
    17. Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta 71
    18. When a Precedent Binds, and When It Does Not 75
    19. The Merits and the Demerits of Precedent 79
    20. Distinguishing and Overruling: Precedent as Creativity 83
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    Module I continued

    1. Article 141 and Stare Decisis in India 87
    2. When the Supreme Court Departs from Itself 91
    3. Legal Development through Codification 95

    Module II

    1. The Special Dimensions of the Judicial Process 99
    2. What Judicial Review Is 103
    3. The Constitutional Basis of Judicial Review in India 107
    4. The Grounds of Judicial Review 111
    5. Judicial Review as a Basic Feature of the Constitution 115
    6. The Philosophy of Judicial Review and Limited Government 120
    7. The Role of the Courts in Constitutional Adjudication 124
    8. Judicial Review as a Check on Power 128
    9. What Judicial Activism Is 132
    10. The Varieties of Judicial Activism 136
    11. The Scope and the Necessity of Judicial Activism 140
    12. The Limits of Judicial Activism and the Charge of Overreach 144
    13. Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint 149
    14. Judicial Accountability 153
    15. The Institutional Liability of the Courts: Scope and Limits 157
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    Module II continued

    1. The Accountability of the Executive 161
    2. The Judicial Process in India 165
    3. The Independence of the Judiciary 169
    4. The Constitutional Guarantees of Independence 173
    5. The Appointment of Judges 177
    6. The First Judges Case 181
    7. The Second Judges Case 184
    8. The Third Judges Case 187
    9. The National Judicial Appointments Commission 191
    10. The Political Nature of the Judicial Process 195
    11. Structural Vulnerability and the Political Executive 199
    12. The Judicial Creativity of the Supreme Court of India 203
    13. The Judicial Process in Pursuit of Constitutional Goals and Values 207
    14. New Dimensions of Judicial Activism, and the Structural Challenges 211
    15. Constitutional Jurisprudence Built through Judicial Activism 215
    16. What Public Interest Litigation Is 219
    17. Locus Standi and Epistolary Jurisdiction 223
    18. PIL as a Judicial Arm Creating New Dimensions for Achieving Justice 227
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    Module II continued

    1. The Misuse of PIL, and the Remedies 231
    2. The Constitution as a Living Document 235
    3. Creative Law-Making and the New Socio-Economic Rights 239
    4. Substance over Technicality: Articles 14 and 21 243
    5. Individual Freedom and Collective Welfare 247
    6. Judicial Activism for the Marginalised 251
    7. The Prison Cases and the Dignity of the Individual 255

    Module III

    1. What Justice Is 259
    2. Dharma: What the Word Means 263
    3. The Sources of Dharma 267
    4. Dharma as the Foundation of Legal Ordering 271
    5. Dharma as the Foundation of Justice in India 275
    6. The Aspects of Dharma 279
    7. Raja Dharma: The Duty of the Ruler 283
    8. Dharma in the Indian Legal System Today 287
    9. The Purpose of Dharma 291
    10. Dharma Is Not Religion 295
    11. Dharma, Natural Justice and the Rule of Law 299
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    1. Justice in Greek Thought: Plato and Aristotle 303
    2. The Liberal Contractual Tradition 307
    3. Rawls and Justice as Fairness 311
    4. The Liberal Moral Tradition: Kant 315
    5. The Liberal Utilitarian Tradition: Bentham and Mill 319
    6. The Critics of Liberal Justice 324

    Module IV

    1. The Relation between Law and Justice 328
    2. Equivalence Theories of Justice 332
    3. Dependency Theories of Justice 336
    4. The Independence of Justice from Law 340
    5. The Interrelationship, Read through the Theories of Justice 344
    6. Law and Justice in the Indian Constitutional Order 348
    7. Supreme Court Cases Read through the Theories of Justice 352
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    Every chapter in the notes: 87 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I 23 chapters

    1. 1 What the Judicial Process Is pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 The Judicial Process as an Instrument of Social Ordering pages 6 to 10
    3. 3 Cardozo and the Nature of the Judicial Process pages 11 to 14
    4. 4 The Declaratory Theory and the Living Oracle pages 15 to 18
    5. 5 Judicial Reasoning, not Calculation pages 19 to 22
    6. 6 The Final Cause of Law Is the Welfare of Society pages 23 to 26
    7. 7 The Gap in the Law pages 27 to 30
    8. 8 Creation, not Discovery pages 31 to 35
    9. 9 The Method of Philosophy: The Rule of Logic pages 36 to 39
    10. 10 The Method of History pages 40 to 43
    11. 11 The Method of Tradition and Custom pages 44 to 47
    12. 12 The Method of Sociology pages 48 to 52
    13. 13 Judicial Creativity and the Growth of Law pages 53 to 56
    14. 14 The Tools and Techniques of Judicial Creativity pages 57 to 61
    15. 15 The Limits of Judicial Creativity pages 62 to 66
    16. 16 The Doctrine of Precedent pages 67 to 70
    17. 17 Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta pages 71 to 74
    18. 18 When a Precedent Binds, and When It Does Not pages 75 to 78
    19. 19 The Merits and the Demerits of Precedent pages 79 to 82
    20. 20 Distinguishing and Overruling: Precedent as Creativity pages 83 to 86
    21. 21 Article 141 and Stare Decisis in India pages 87 to 90
    22. 22 When the Supreme Court Departs from Itself pages 91 to 94
    23. 23 Legal Development through Codification pages 95 to 98

    Module II 40 chapters

    1. 24 The Special Dimensions of the Judicial Process pages 99 to 102
    2. 25 What Judicial Review Is pages 103 to 106
    3. 26 The Constitutional Basis of Judicial Review in India pages 107 to 110
    4. 27 The Grounds of Judicial Review pages 111 to 114
    5. 28 Judicial Review as a Basic Feature of the Constitution pages 115 to 119
    6. 29 The Philosophy of Judicial Review and Limited Government pages 120 to 123
    7. 30 The Role of the Courts in Constitutional Adjudication pages 124 to 127
    8. 31 Judicial Review as a Check on Power pages 128 to 131
    9. 32 What Judicial Activism Is pages 132 to 135
    10. 33 The Varieties of Judicial Activism pages 136 to 139
    11. 34 The Scope and the Necessity of Judicial Activism pages 140 to 143
    12. 35 The Limits of Judicial Activism and the Charge of Overreach pages 144 to 148
    13. 36 Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint pages 149 to 152
    14. 37 Judicial Accountability pages 153 to 156
    15. 38 The Institutional Liability of the Courts: Scope and Limits pages 157 to 160
    16. 39 The Accountability of the Executive pages 161 to 164
    17. 40 The Judicial Process in India pages 165 to 168
    18. 41 The Independence of the Judiciary pages 169 to 172
    19. 42 The Constitutional Guarantees of Independence pages 173 to 176
    20. 43 The Appointment of Judges pages 177 to 180
    21. 44 The First Judges Case pages 181 to 183
    22. 45 The Second Judges Case pages 184 to 186
    23. 46 The Third Judges Case pages 187 to 190
    24. 47 The National Judicial Appointments Commission pages 191 to 194
    25. 48 The Political Nature of the Judicial Process pages 195 to 198
    26. 49 Structural Vulnerability and the Political Executive pages 199 to 202
    27. 50 The Judicial Creativity of the Supreme Court of India pages 203 to 206
    28. 51 The Judicial Process in Pursuit of Constitutional Goals and Values pages 207 to 210
    29. 52 New Dimensions of Judicial Activism, and the Structural Challenges pages 211 to 214
    30. 53 Constitutional Jurisprudence Built through Judicial Activism pages 215 to 218
    31. 54 What Public Interest Litigation Is pages 219 to 222
    32. 55 Locus Standi and Epistolary Jurisdiction pages 223 to 226
    33. 56 PIL as a Judicial Arm Creating New Dimensions for Achieving Justice pages 227 to 230
    34. 57 The Misuse of PIL, and the Remedies pages 231 to 234
    35. 58 The Constitution as a Living Document pages 235 to 238
    36. 59 Creative Law-Making and the New Socio-Economic Rights pages 239 to 242
    37. 60 Substance over Technicality: Articles 14 and 21 pages 243 to 246
    38. 61 Individual Freedom and Collective Welfare pages 247 to 250
    39. 62 Judicial Activism for the Marginalised pages 251 to 254
    40. 63 The Prison Cases and the Dignity of the Individual pages 255 to 258

    Module III 17 chapters

    1. 64 What Justice Is pages 259 to 262
    2. 65 Dharma: What the Word Means pages 263 to 266
    3. 66 The Sources of Dharma pages 267 to 270
    4. 67 Dharma as the Foundation of Legal Ordering pages 271 to 274
    5. 68 Dharma as the Foundation of Justice in India pages 275 to 278
    6. 69 The Aspects of Dharma pages 279 to 282
    7. 70 Raja Dharma: The Duty of the Ruler pages 283 to 286
    8. 71 Dharma in the Indian Legal System Today pages 287 to 290
    9. 72 The Purpose of Dharma pages 291 to 294
    10. 73 Dharma Is Not Religion pages 295 to 298
    11. 74 Dharma, Natural Justice and the Rule of Law pages 299 to 302
    12. 75 Justice in Greek Thought: Plato and Aristotle pages 303 to 306
    13. 76 The Liberal Contractual Tradition pages 307 to 310
    14. 77 Rawls and Justice as Fairness pages 311 to 314
    15. 78 The Liberal Moral Tradition: Kant pages 315 to 318
    16. 79 The Liberal Utilitarian Tradition: Bentham and Mill pages 319 to 323
    17. 80 The Critics of Liberal Justice pages 324 to 327

    Module IV 7 chapters

    1. 81 The Relation between Law and Justice pages 328 to 331
    2. 82 Equivalence Theories of Justice pages 332 to 335
    3. 83 Dependency Theories of Justice pages 336 to 339
    4. 84 The Independence of Justice from Law pages 340 to 343
    5. 85 The Interrelationship, Read through the Theories of Justice pages 344 to 347
    6. 86 Law and Justice in the Indian Constitutional Order pages 348 to 351
    7. 87 Supreme Court Cases Read through the Theories of Justice pages 352 to 356
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