Challenging the Rules(s) of Law : Colonialism, Criminology and Human Rights in India

This collection of essays re-examines the field of criminology through an interdisciplinary lens, challenging in the process unproblematic assumptions of the rule of law and opening out avenues for a renewed and radical restatement of the contexts of criminal law in India. This collection is a significant step towards mapping the ways in which interdisciplinary research and human rights activism might inform legal praxis more effectively and holistically. The contributors are a diverse group ' widely respected activists, bureaucrats, scholars, and professionals ' who share concerns on criminal justice systems and the need to entrench human rights in the Indian polity.