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Talking of justice: people's rights in modern India
Seth, Leila
Talking of justice: people's rights in modern India / Leila Seth - First edition - New Delhi: Aleph, 2014. - xiii, 214 pages ; 23cm.
Includes bibliographies and index
In Talking of Justice, eminent jurist Leila Seth discusses several critical issues that she has engaged with in a legal career spanning over fifty years violence against women; the nurture of the girl child; the need for a uniform civil code; women s rights; prisoners rights; gender sensitization of the judiciary; and judicial administration, among others. From the landmark Justice Verma Committee (2012-2013), on which she suggested amendments to the law as well as speedier trials and more effective punishment for all those accused of sexual assault and violence against women, to her experience as a member of the 15th Law Commission of India (1997-2000), to her appointment as the one-member commission to enquire into the custodial death of Rajan Pillai (1995-1997), Leila Seth shares her insights on some of the most substantive and contentious matters facing the nation today.
9789382277965
Justice, Administration of
Civil rights
347.54 / LEI
Talking of justice: people's rights in modern India / Leila Seth - First edition - New Delhi: Aleph, 2014. - xiii, 214 pages ; 23cm.
Includes bibliographies and index
In Talking of Justice, eminent jurist Leila Seth discusses several critical issues that she has engaged with in a legal career spanning over fifty years violence against women; the nurture of the girl child; the need for a uniform civil code; women s rights; prisoners rights; gender sensitization of the judiciary; and judicial administration, among others. From the landmark Justice Verma Committee (2012-2013), on which she suggested amendments to the law as well as speedier trials and more effective punishment for all those accused of sexual assault and violence against women, to her experience as a member of the 15th Law Commission of India (1997-2000), to her appointment as the one-member commission to enquire into the custodial death of Rajan Pillai (1995-1997), Leila Seth shares her insights on some of the most substantive and contentious matters facing the nation today.
9789382277965
Justice, Administration of
Civil rights
347.54 / LEI