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Author:   Daniela Berti (, 'Chargée de Recherche' research fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research, Paris; and Centre for Himalayan Studies, Villejuif) ,  Devika Bordia (, Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.538kg
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9780199456741

ISBN 10:   0199456747
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Foreword by Anthony Good; Introduction; Daniela Berti and Devika Bordia; 1.'3 punishments for 3 mistakes': Negotiating between Courts, Police, and Mediation in Family Law and Family Violence; Srimati Basu; 2 . ' Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya ': On Criminalizing Love; Pratiksha Baxi; 3 . Binding Fictions: Contradicting Facts and Judicial; Constraints in a Narcotics Case in Himachal Pradesh; Daniela Berti; 4 . The 'Secularism Case': Prosecution of a Hindu Activist; before a Quasi-judicial Authority in the Nepal Tarai; Chiara Letizia; 5 . A Strong Law for the Weak: Dalit Activism in a; District Court of Uttar Pradesh; Nicolas Jaoul; 6 . Cultures of Policing: Panchayat-Police Practices and; the Making of a Criminal Case; Devika Bordia; 7. The Devil's Court!' The Trial of 'Katta Panchayat' in; Tamil Nadu; Zoé E. Headley; 8 . From 'She-males' to 'Unix': Transgender Rights and the; Productive Paradoxes of Pakistani Policing; Jeffrey A. Redding; 9 . From a Comparative Perspective: Criminal Cases; involving South Asian People at French Assize Courts; Véronique Bouillier; Index; Notes on Editors and Contributors

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Daniela Berti is 'Chargée de Recherche' research fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research, Paris; and Centre for Himalayan Studies, Villejuif. Devika Bordia is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen.

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