01673nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000099199 StDuBDS 20150804193947.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120822s2009 ii a fo| 001 0 eng d 9780199081998 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS KNS4654 345.540527 23 Shankar, Shylashri, 1967- Scaling justice [electronic resource] : India's Supreme Court, anti-terror laws, and social rights / Shylashri Shankar. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 1 online resource (xxiii, 230 p.) : ill. What explains the choices that India's Supreme Court justices make? Shankar addresses this question by combining a textured qualitative analysis of the constitutional and legal framework, landmark rulings, and dissenting opinions, with a statistical multivariate analysis of cases dealing with civil liberties and social rights. She argues that judges are 'embedded negotiators' who craft judgments to avoid conflict with the political wings, while also remaining mindful of their role as safe keepers of the rights of citizens. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. India. Supreme Court. Preventive detention India. Terrorism India Prevention. Social rights India. Print version 9780195693201 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195693201.001.0001 38488 38488