Scaling justice [electronic resource] : India's Supreme Court, anti-terror laws, and social rights / Shylashri Shankar.

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Shankar, Shylashri, 1967-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 230 p.) : illISBN:

9780199081998 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

345.540527 23

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KNS4654

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Summary: What explains the choices that India's Supreme Court justices make? Shankar addresses this question by combining a textured qualitative analysis of the constitutional and legal framework, landmark rulings, and dissenting opinions, with a statistical multivariate analysis of cases dealing with civil liberties and social rights. She argues that judges are 'embedded negotiators' who craft judgments to avoid conflict with the political wings, while also remaining mindful of their role as safe keepers of the rights of citizens.

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What explains the choices that India's Supreme Court justices make? Shankar addresses this question by combining a textured qualitative analysis of the constitutional and legal framework, landmark rulings, and dissenting opinions, with a statistical multivariate analysis of cases dealing with civil liberties and social rights. She argues that judges are 'embedded negotiators' who craft judgments to avoid conflict with the political wings, while also remaining mindful of their role as safe keepers of the rights of citizens.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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