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Title Violence and the quest for justice in South Asia / edited by Deepak Mehta and Rahul Roy.

Publication Info. New Delhi, India : SAGE, 2018.

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Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents War crimes, justice and the politics of memory / Bina D'Costa -- The limits of "doing" justice : compensation as reparation in post-war Sri Lanka / Neloufer de Mel and Chulani Kodikara -- Justice after the event : Sri Lanka's civil wars, memory, life and reconciliation / Pradeep Jeganathan -- The right to life and compensation in Pakistan's tribal areas / Saba Gul Khattak -- Seeking justice and keeping the memory alive / Leki Thungon -- Stand up and be counted : elections, democracy and the pursuit of justice in Jammu and Kashmir / Sanjay Kak -- The Adivasi undertrial, a prisoner of war : a study of undertrial detainees in South Chhattisgarh / Vrinda Grover -- The Ayodhya dispute : law's imagination and the functions of the status quo / Deepak Mehta -- Constitutional nationalism and structural violence : a study of the Muluki Ain and the constitutions of Nepal / Sanjeev Uprety and Bal Bahadur Thapa.
Summary A volume of essays on how justice has been denied in various parts of South Asia - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal.
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Subject Law -- South Asia.
Law.
South Asia.
Postwar reconstruction -- Law and legislation -- South Asia.
Postwar reconstruction -- Law and legislation.
Law -- Political aspects -- South Asia.
Law -- Political aspects.
Human rights -- South Asia.
Human rights.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Law.
Human rights.
Added Author Mehta, Deepak (Professor of sociology), editor.
Roy, Rahul, 1963- editor.
ISBN 9789352806546 (electronic book)
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