Sedition in Liberal Democracies - Couverture rigide

Singh, Anushka

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199481695 ISBN 13 : 9780199481699

Editeur : OUP India, 2018

Synopsis

Examining the relationship between sedition and liberal democracies, particularly in India, this book looks at the biography of sedition laws, its contradictory position against free speech, and democratic ethics. Recent sedition cases registered in India show that the law in its wide and diverse deployment was used against agitators in a community-based pro-reservation movement, group of university students for their alleged 'anti-national' statements, anti-liquor activists, and anti-nuclear movement, to name a few. Set against its contemporary use, this book has used sedition as a lens to probe the fate of political speech in liberal democracy.

The lived reality of the law of sedition in changing anthropological sites is juxtaposed with its positivist existence. Anushka Singh uses a comparative framework keeping in focus the Indian experience backed by fieldwork in Haryana, Maharashtra, and Delhi, and includes a comparative perspective from England, the USA, and Australia to contribute to debates on sedition within liberal democracies at large, especially in the wake of the proliferation of counter-terror legislations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anushka Singh is assistant professor at the School of Law, Governance and Citizenship, Ambedkar University Delhi, India.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP India
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199481695
• ISBN 13: 9780199481699
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 406
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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