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Authoritarianism in Indian state, law and society (2022)
Journal Article
Suresh, M., Deepa, D. A., & Mohsin, A. B. (2022). Authoritarianism in Indian state, law and society. Verfassung und Recht in Übersee, 55(4), 459-477. https://doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2022-4-459

While India possesses features conventionally associated with liberal democracies, it has lately been understood to suffer from “democratic backsliding”. Commentators have used descriptions like “authoritarianism”, “electoral autocracy”, “ethnic demo... Read More about Authoritarianism in Indian state, law and society.

Autocratic legalism in India: A roundtable (2022)
Journal Article
Acevedo, D. D., Bhat, M. A., de Sa e Silva, F. C. M., John, R., Narrain, A., Scheppele, K., Singh, B., & Suresh, M. (in press). Autocratic legalism in India: A roundtable. Jindal Global Law Review, 13(1), 117-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41020-022-00171-y

At a moment when democracy seems to be experiencing an unprecedented level of crisis worldwide, this roundtable focuses on one country, India, to ask what we can learn from its ongoing challenges. The participants take as their starting point Scheppe... Read More about Autocratic legalism in India: A roundtable.

Colonial courts, judicial iconography and the Indian semiotic register (2022)
Journal Article
Sharma, K. (in press). Colonial courts, judicial iconography and the Indian semiotic register. Law and Humanities, 16(2), 331-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/17521483.2022.2080943

In From the Colonial to the Contemporary: Images, Iconography, Memories, and Performances of Law in India's High Courts, Rahela Khorakiwala brings together germinal works on the uses of architecture and iconology in and by law with thick descriptions... Read More about Colonial courts, judicial iconography and the Indian semiotic register.