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Anxious Reconciliation(s): unsettling foundations and spatialising history (2004)
Journal Article
Bhandar, B. (2004). Anxious Reconciliation(s): unsettling foundations and spatialising history. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 22(6), 831-845. https://doi.org/10.1068/d412

In this article I explore the relationship between law, history and reconciliation in the Canadian context. I argue that linear, teleological forms of history are employed by courts to continually reiterate the myth of a legitimate assertion of colon... Read More about Anxious Reconciliation(s): unsettling foundations and spatialising history.

Hindu Law: Beyond Tradition and Modernity (2003)
Book
Menski, W. F. (2003). Hindu Law: Beyond Tradition and Modernity. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780195699210.001.0001

This book presents a study on a postmodernist analysis of classical Hindu law, which has become neglected due to the modernist assumptions about the increasing irrelevance of ‘religious’ legal systems. The book is split into three parts. The first pa... Read More about Hindu Law: Beyond Tradition and Modernity.

Differential Treatment in International Environmental Law (2003)
Book
Cullet, P. (2003). Differential Treatment in International Environmental Law. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315257822

This book is a comprehensive study of differential treatment for developing countries in international environmental law. It offers a compelling analysis of the legal dimension of the relationship between developed and developing countries in the env... Read More about Differential Treatment in International Environmental Law.

Slaves and Slavery in Rabbinic and Roman Law (2003)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2003). Slaves and Slavery in Rabbinic and Roman Law. In C. Hezser (Ed.), Rabbinic Law in Its Roman and Near Eastern Context (133-176). Mohr Siebeck

Always on the Defence: The Myth of Universality and the Persistence of Privilege in Legal Education (2002)
Journal Article
Bhandar, B. (2002). Always on the Defence: The Myth of Universality and the Persistence of Privilege in Legal Education. Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, 14, 341-361

Law school curricula and dominant pedagogical approaches reinforce the sense of entitlement and privilege that individuals from historically privileged groups enjoy in the law school context. In this article, the author shows how particular critical... Read More about Always on the Defence: The Myth of Universality and the Persistence of Privilege in Legal Education.

Introduction [and] Panel Discussion (2002)
Book Chapter
Huxley, A. (2002). Introduction [and] Panel Discussion. In A. Huxley (Ed.), Religion, Law and Tradition: comparative studies in Religious Law (1-21, 159). Routledge