Upholding Justice: Social, Psychological and Legal Perspectives - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 036734131X ISBN 13: 9780367341312

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book critically examines the social, psychological and legal perspectives of justice. It brings together a wide range of contemporary and relevant issues relating to the gross violation of human rights and presents situation-based evidence from firsthand experiences of behavioral, social as well as legal professionals. It deals with themes such as civic and legal rights of children; dignity of the third gender in India; food justice in a welfare state; rights of disabled children; secret marriage of individuals with mental health challenges; and ethics and good governance.

Topical and comprehensive, this book will be an excellent read for scholars and researchers of political studies, legal studies, human rights, psychology, behavioral studies, political sociology, sociology, development studies, governance and public policy, and South Asian studies. It will also interest policy makers, NGOs, activists and professionals in the field.

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About the Author

Sibnath Deb is the Director at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, Tamil Nadu, India. Previously, he was Professor at the Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, and has also taught at the University of Calcutta, India.

G. Subhalakshmi is a faculty member at the School of Law, Pondicherry University, India.

Kaustuv Chakraborti is a doctoral researcher in the Department of English at Pondicherry University, India.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 036734131X
• ISBN 13: 9780367341312
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286
• Editor: Deb Sibnath