Law and Justice in a Globalising World

By Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao | National Law University Odisha

Learners enrolled: 1267

This course is a course on applied justice. The law is an ongoing process in society. Through various legal theories, we understand and analyze the concept of law. Through this course, they will inquire and investigate law’s relationship to other political, economic and social institutions. We use law as a lens to better understand the society they live in. With the changes in the society, law is the best tool to understand the societal phenomena such as political movements, discriminatory practices etc. Justice is the outcome when the law is applied. In this course, we try and understand the relationship between law and justice. The debate on law and justice is an age old debate which is being increasingly interrogative in the contemporary times with the advent of globalisation. Globalisation is a complex process which is making the world more interdependent. Globalisation has stimulated a revival of debates about law and justice. This course will explore the challenges of globalisation to social, political and economic perspectives on law and justice. Globalisation has stimulated rethinking in several fields, especially in law and justice and the impact of globalisation is pervasive. In recent times, words like ‘global’, ‘globalisation’ and ‘globalism’ have entered common parlance in law as well as in other disciplines. This course will also consider the diffusion of law from a global perspective and the spread of legal ideas all over the world. In contemporary times, as the societies are witnessing rapid growth, there is an increasing debate about the concept of Law and Justice. These developments have the potential to impact the modern legal thought and all forms of governance.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	15 weeks
Category :	Law
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	17 Jan 2022
End Date :	21 May 2022
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week 1:

Concept and meaning of law, justice and globalisation

Week 2:

Globalisation of law and legal theory

Week 3:

Globalisation of law and legal theory

Week 4:

Utilitarian Justice

Week 5:

Robert Nozick’s Libertarianism

Week 6:

Amartya Sen’s Idea of Justice

Week 7:

MichealSandel’s Communitarianism and Civil Republicanism

Week 8:

Feminism and Justice

Week 9:

Economic theory of law and justice- Coase, Calbresi, Posner and Marx

Week 10:

Gandhi and Ambedkar’s Emanicipatory justice, and Jay Prakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia’s socialism

Week 11:

UpendraBaxi’s conception of justice

Week 12:

William Twinning on Globalisation and legal theory

Week 13:

Impact of globalisation on human rights

Week 14:

Globalisation and its impact on administration of justice and access to justice

Week 15:

Global Justice and International Law

Books and references

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NEWS CLIPPINGS

1. Sabarimala and the quest for equality- The Hindu at <www.thehindu.com/op-ed/>

2. Sabarimala Temple Imbroglio- The Women’s wall at <https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/womens-wall-between-kasargod-and-thiruvananthapuram-spreads-message-of-resistance/articleshow/67337655.cms>

3. ShaniShignapur Temple- A year after breakthrough, local women stick to entry ban, at <https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/shani-shingnapur-temple-a-year-after-breakthrough-moment-local-women-stick-to-entry-ban/story-klA7Cu1ry70yz1VFXVqSRP.html>

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Instructor bio

Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao is the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University Odisha. He is a renowned Academician in India in the field of Legal Education. Under his dynamic leadership NLU Odisha has attained greater heights and able to finds it’s place as a centre of Academic Excellence in the map of Legal education in India. Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao holds a Master’s degree in Law from Kakatiya University, Warangal, Master of Philosophy in Law from National Law School, Bangalore and Ph.D. from Delhi University. Prof. Rao has actively involved with legal education and research in India at four National Law Schools: National Law School of India University, Bangalore (1990-1995 & 1997-98), NALSAR, Hyderabad (1998-2004), Gujarat National Law University, Gandhi Nagar (2004-2007) and National Law University, Delhi (2010-14) including short stint with Jawaharlal Nehru University (1995-96) and University of Delhi (1996-97). He was a member of the UGC Expert Committee in Law to transform legal education in India (2010-2012). He was a visiting fellow at School of Oriental & African Studies, SOAS, London (2013) and University of Washington at Seattle (2012), He has engaged with several research projects with UKERI, UNDP, Law Commission of India and Ministry of Law and Justice etc. He was a consultant to the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Swedish Development Cooperation (SDC), Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), Child Rights and You (CRY) and Swedish National Science Foundation (SNSF). He has been teaching the subject ‘Law and Justice in a Globalising World’ to LL.M. students of National Law University Odisha for the past three years.