This edited volume provides an anthropological approach to examining the way criminal cases are dealt with by courts in South Asia. The case-study approach that is used here allows us to examine a set of state and non-state institutions and the practices of people associated with them.
This edited volume provides an anthropological approach to examining the way criminal cases are dealt with by courts in South Asia. The case-study approach that is used here allows us to examine a set of state and non-state institutions and the practices of people associated with them.
Daniela Berti is 'Chargée de Recherche' research fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research, Paris; and Centre for Himalayan Studies, Villejuif.; Devika Bordia is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen.
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Acknowledgements Foreword by Anthony Good Introduction Daniela Berti and Devika Bordia 1.'3 punishments for 3 mistakes': Negotiating between Courts, Police, and Mediation in Family Law and Family Violence Srimati Basu 2 . ' Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya ': On Criminalizing Love Pratiksha Baxi 3 . Binding Fictions: Contradicting Facts and Judicial Constraints in a Narcotics Case in Himachal Pradesh Daniela Berti 4 . The 'Secularism Case': Prosecution of a Hindu Activist before a Quasi-judicial Authority in the Nepal Tarai Chiara Letizia 5 . A Strong Law for the Weak: Dalit Activism in a District Court of Uttar Pradesh Nicolas Jaoul 6 . Cultures of Policing: Panchayat-Police Practices and the Making of a Criminal Case Devika Bordia 7. The Devil's Court!' The Trial of 'Katta Panchayat' in Tamil Nadu Zoé E. Headley 8 . From 'She-males' to 'Unix': Transgender Rights and the Productive Paradoxes of Pakistani Policing Jeffrey A. Redding 9 . From a Comparative Perspective: Criminal Cases involving South Asian People at French Assize Courts Véronique Bouillier Index Notes on Editors and Contributors
Acknowledgements Foreword by Anthony Good Introduction Daniela Berti and Devika Bordia 1.'3 punishments for 3 mistakes': Negotiating between Courts, Police, and Mediation in Family Law and Family Violence Srimati Basu 2 . ' Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya ': On Criminalizing Love Pratiksha Baxi 3 . Binding Fictions: Contradicting Facts and Judicial Constraints in a Narcotics Case in Himachal Pradesh Daniela Berti 4 . The 'Secularism Case': Prosecution of a Hindu Activist before a Quasi-judicial Authority in the Nepal Tarai Chiara Letizia 5 . A Strong Law for the Weak: Dalit Activism in a District Court of Uttar Pradesh Nicolas Jaoul 6 . Cultures of Policing: Panchayat-Police Practices and the Making of a Criminal Case Devika Bordia 7. The Devil's Court!' The Trial of 'Katta Panchayat' in Tamil Nadu Zoé E. Headley 8 . From 'She-males' to 'Unix': Transgender Rights and the Productive Paradoxes of Pakistani Policing Jeffrey A. Redding 9 . From a Comparative Perspective: Criminal Cases involving South Asian People at French Assize Courts Véronique Bouillier Index Notes on Editors and Contributors
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