1 Anthropogenic Harms and Market Fundamentalisms: Solar Geoengineering: All Perils, and No Promises?
1.1 Introduction: The Anthropocene as a Shorthand for Notion of Anthropogenic Harm
1.2 Geoengineering Techniques: Promise and Perils
1.3 Non-Use of Solar Engineering Technology?
1.4 Conclusion
2 Outside Influence on Democratic Elections
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Democracy and Externalities
2.3 Money in Politics
2.4 Conclusion
3 Jammu & Kashmir’s Constitutional Status: Constitutional Bargain and ‘Erosion’ of Article 370
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Sheikh, Nehru, and Bargain Theory
3.3 Set Theory and the Two Legal Orders
3.4 Conclusion
4 Violence in Public and Private Spaces: A Behavioural Economic Analysis of Women-Specific Legislation in India
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Theorizing Violence
4.3 Analysing Women-Specific Legislations
4.4 Violence in Public and Private Spheres: A Comparative Analysis
4.5 Conclusion
5 The Stick and Carrot Approach towards Environmental Fiscal Reform in India
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Environmental Tax Penalties
5.3 Environmental Tax Incentives
5.4 Conclusion
6 Is There a Case for Basic Income Support in India? Assessment Based on Verifiable Criteria
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Using Verifiable Criteria to Get a Sense of the Poor Households
6.3 Identification Based on Verifiable Criteria
6.4 Why Direct Income Support?
6.5 The Trade-offs and the Way Forward
Acknowledgements
7 ‘To Censor or Not to Censor’ – Is It a Legal or Social Conundrum?
7.1 Obscenity versus Freedom of Speech and Expression?
7.2 Indian Cinema and Obscenity
7.3 Hicklin’s Test
7.4 Legal Aspects of Obscenity in India, the Censorship, and Media Law
7.5 Provisions of the Indian Constitution for Censorship
7.6 Conclusion
8 The Governance of Property: The Gift Economy and the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Gurdwaras – A Brief History
8.3 Seva
8.4 The Gift Economy
8.5 The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925
8.6 Conclusion
9 Using Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture to Study Law: The Possibilities Inherent in Fantasy Fiction and Harry Potter
10 The Necessity of Teaching History to Law Students
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Purpose of Legal Education
10.3 Relevance of Studying History
10.4 A Brief Overview of the Research and Teaching of Legal History Outside India till the 1980s
10.5 The Teaching of History at NLSIU
10.6 Conclusion
11 Women and Empowerment: Pay Disparity in Organised and Unorganised Sectors
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Literature Review and Forming the Research Questions
11.3 Law and Economics of Gender Pay Gap and Disparity between Unorganised and Organised Sectors
11.4 Analysis and Conclusion
Index