Rethinking Law and Violence [Hardcover]

Conceptualized outside the theoretical framing of both liberal as well as critical approaches, this book re-imagines the law by exploring the contradictions and polarities of in terms of its relationship with violence. It encompasses and interweaves themes and ideas as diverse as death penalty, community might, state sovereignty on the one hand, to animal rights, sexual consent, children's agency and LGBT rights, on the other.Conceptualized outside the theoretical framing of both liberal as well as critical approaches, this book re-imagines the law by exploring the contradictions and polarities of in terms of its relationship with violence. It encompasses and interweaves themes and ideas as diverse as death penalty, community might, state sovereignty on the one hand, to animal rights, sexual consent, childrens agency and LGBT rights, on the other. While acknowledging that law is fundamentally and inherently tied to violence, the objective of this eclectic collection is to respond to and engage with the violence of law by exploring alternate ways of conceptualizing, reading, practising, and making the law.ForewordAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionThe Real of Law'Human Rights', 'Rule of Law', and 'Violence'Hegemony without Dominance: Notes on the Rule of Law in IndiaLaw at the Heart of ViolenceViolent Beasts and Legal AnimalsViolence, Desire, and Death Penalty: Reactions on the Foundations of Modern Legal SubjectivityViolence against the Law: Reading Sexual Minority Judgements in Contemporary IndiaLaw, Violence, and Sexual ConsentNegated Agency, Silenced Voice, and the Continued Negotiations in the Spaces WithinReflections on the Future of ViolenceEpilogue: Approaches to EvilIndexNotes on the Editors and ContributorsLatika Vashist is Associate Professor at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India.Jyoti Dogra Sood is Associate Professor at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India.