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Justice political, social, juridical - New Delhi Sage 2008 - 325p. 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Reflections of justice in religious traditions and beyond. 1. Natural inequality : conceptualising justice in Brahmanical discourses / Kunal Chakrabarti. 2. Justice and political authority in medieval Indian Islam / Najaf Haider. 3. Traditional conceptions of justice in Christianity / Gerhard Kruip. 4. World society and global justice : a cosmopolitan perspective / Michael Dusche. -- Part II. Reflections of justice in literary traditions. 5. Poetic and social justice : some reflections on the Premchand : Dalit controversy / Alok Rai. 6. Representation and testimony : Anand's novels and the problem of justice / Udaya Kumar. -- Part III. Demanding justice. 7. Slum development as a justice forum / Roma Chatterjee. 8. Environment and justice : the public "purpose" of water / Satyajit Singh. 9. Class, democracy, and conceptions of justice in India / Vidhu Verma. 10. Tribe and justice / Virginius Xaxa.

ISBN: 9780761936473

LCCN: 2008006730

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social justice--India.
Caste--India.
Social justice in literature.

LC Class. No.: HN683.5 / .J875 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 303.3720954 / JU-