Scaling justice : India's Supreme Court, anti-terror laws, and social rights /
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 c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 230 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780199081998 0199081999 |