Violence and the quest for justice in South Asia / edited by Deepak Mehta and Rahul Roy. - New Delhi, India : Thousand Oaks, California, USA : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd ; SAGE Publications Inc, [2018] - xii, 364 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

War crimes, justice and the politics of memory / Bina D'Costa -- The limits of "doing" justice : compensation as reparation in post-war Sri Lanka / Neloufer de Mel and Chulani Kodikara -- Justice after the event : Sri Lanka's civil wars, memory, life and reconciliation / Pradeep Jeganathan -- The right to life and compensation in Pakistan's tribal areas / Saba Gul Khattak -- Seeking justice and keeping the memory alive / Leki Thungon -- Stand up and be counted : elections, democracy and the pursuit of justice in Jammu and Kashmir / Sanjay Kak -- The Adivasi undertrial, a prisoner of war : a study of undertrial detainees in South Chhattisgarh / Vrinda Grover -- The Ayodhya dispute : law's imagination and the functions of the status quo / Deepak Mehta -- Constitutional nationalism and structural violence : a study of the Muluki Ain and the constitutions of Nepal / Sanjeev Uprety and Bal Bahadur Thapa.

9789352806539 (hardback : alk. paper)


Law--South Asia.
Postwar reconstruction--Law and legislation--South Asia.
Law--Political aspects--South Asia.
Human rights--South Asia.

KNC79 / .V56 2018

341.690954 V812