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Non-State Legal Practices in India1

Abstracts

Keynote Address

The Costs of Legal Pluralisms

BAXI, UPENDRA

Professor of Law in DevelopmentWarwick Law ScoolUniversit! of Warwick

"is m#c as $een conce%e%&&& mostl! covertl! to#' sometimesovertl!& tat wen one lisps te alpa$et of le'al pl#ralism, one nee%s to

avoi% te t!rann! of sin'#lar( wit tis m#c we m#st also acknowle%'ete fact tat )to $orrow te title of a $ook on free speec $! Stanle! *is+tat "ere is no s#c tin' as le'al pl#ralism an% it is 'oo% tin', too-+We ave only legal pluralisms. as man! isms/ as tere are folk le'als!stems/0

Pl#ralit! is an elementar! social fact( pl#ralism is wat one constr#cts o#tpl#ralit!0 "e ism/ terefore is a constr#ction of i%eolo'! an% in tisenterprise come to pla! at least two elements i%enti1e% $! 2on Rawls.

reasona$le pl#ralism/ an% te %i3erence $etween wat is reasona$le/ ascontraste% wit wat is rational/0 Rawls maintains tat wat is rational/)as a means&en% relation+ is not often reasona$le/ )meanin' 4#st/+. t#s,colonialism, apartei%, an% 'enoci%e )te trinit! of elements tat almost%e1ne Western Enli'tenment to#'t an% practice, or in%ee% an! form ofimperialism+ %i% not constit#te reasona$le pl#ralism0 In te present times,te %istinction $etween p#$lic an% private/ reason opens #p f#rterspace for te costs/( so %o te varieties of anniilatin' e5perience,weter of contin'ent or en%#rin' state/ an% non&state terror networks0 Ifle'al pl#ralism is a means of resistance, wat kin%s of emancipator!potential %oes it ol%6

Wat ten is, or ma! $e seen, as reasona$le pl#ralism/ )seen $! Rawls asessential to a teor! of 4#stice+6 I approac tis 7#estion in terms of tecosts of maintainin' le'al pl#ralisms, wo $ears tese costs an% for owlon', an% weter te costs t#s $orne are or can $e consi%ere% 4#st6 Arecosts/ alwa!s meas#ra$le in terms of an encomistic cost&$ene1t approacor ma! one incl#%e non&7#anti1a$le costs s#c as r#le 8of& law/ ,%evelopmental/, or 4#stice/ costs6 Wen %oes reasona$le/ collapse into

merel! rational/ pl#ralism6 An% are tese costs inte'ral or acci%ental6

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Abstracts 2In raisin' tese iss#es, it 'oes wito#t sa!in' I %o not a%vocate a retreatfrom %eep le'al pl#ralisms )as we know tese+0 Nor %o I ere raiseconcerns wit 9ior'io A'am$en a$o#t te notions of $an/ an% e5cl#siveincl#sion/ or wit Alain Ba%io# ima'er! of necessar! re%#ction of

m#ltiplicit! to %o matematics or a5iomatic sciences. I %o not knowweter wat is 'oo% for matematics or p#re science is 'oo% for tepolitical/ an% te politics/0 All I know )wit a few antropolo'ists wo takesocial s#3erin' serio#sl!+ are voices of social an% #man s#3erin'&& temar'inali:e%, v#lnera$le, an% te oppresse%& wo tell me ow te!ne'otiate lives alon'si%e wit man! %iscrete, even inter'enerational,costs of vario#s le'al pl#ralisms0 ;ow ma! we preserve o#r 1'tin' faitswile listenin' to voices of s#3erin' is ten amon' te pro$lems tatinvite serio#s en'a'ement0

From Stamp Paper to Brass Bells: Procedures of Petition and

Justice in olu !e"#s Territory

BAINDUR,


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interce%es on $ealf of te wron'e% person tro#' a visitation ofcalamit! on te acc#se%, partic#larl! ill&ealt, in oter wor%s a c#rse0=onfession of te acc#se% appens tro#' te form of rit#al calle% teJagaror tro#' te sacri1ce of a 'oat0 Wile in most cases teJagaris a

possession rit#al were te %eit! comm#nicates wit te %evotees an%listens to teir petitions, ere in case of 9ol# it is partic#larl! %i3erent0"e petition is alrea%! 'iven in writin'0 "ereforeJagarfor te 9ol# mostl!is a ealin' rit#al were te acc#se% ol%s a stor! tellin' session an% aperformance, at te en% of wic ese confesses an% is for'iven0 "eailin' person wo ma! $e te acc#se% or iser kin is eale%0 Cters ma!also seek ealin's an% $lessin's %#rin' te rit#al0 If 9ol# elps a case inte state le'al s!stem to $e resolve% in iser favo#r, te petitioner after'iftin' of te necessar! $ell ma! also ol% aJagarperformance in tanks0

I posit tat te la!erin' of te relationsip $etween te $enevolent %eit!,is a$ilit! to p#nis wron' %oers an% interfere in te state le'al s!stem,an% te st!lise% rit#al practices of written petitions tat are mo%ern,complicates a sin'#lar #n%erstan%in' of tis as a non&state le'al practice0I wo#l% $rin' tese 1n%in's in %ialo'#e wit ;a$ermas/ concept#alisationof non&state practices0 An a%%e% framework wo#l% $e to e5amine tematerialit! of te practice an% rit#al ecac! of tis s!stem of $elief an%4#stice0

$cean and Coastal rabbing: A Contemporary Legal Pluralist

Perspecti"e

BAIN=F,


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Abstracts 4te Palk Ba! $etween semi&in%#strial 1sers from "amil Na%# an% teirsmall&scale 1ser collea'#es in nortern Sri Lanka0

Legal Pluralism% Se&ual 'iolence and Public Secrecy in (ndia

BAXI, PRA"IFS;A

Associate Professor=entre of Law G 9overnance2awaarlal Ner# Universit!

Unprece%ente% an% s#staine% protests followe% te $r#tal 'an' rape an%s#$se7#ent %eat of a J !ears ol% woman in a $#s in Deli on KDecem$er MK0 "e protests transforme% te %isc#rsive an% 4#ri%ical

lan%scape $! pointin' to te nee% to %o 4#stice to tose wo reveal tep#$lic secret of rape 8 ever!one was talkin' a$o#t wat is 'enerall!known $#t not #s#all! spoken a$o#t )"a#ssi' K+0 "e paper maps owstate an% non&state law constit#tes te p#$lic secrec! of rape0


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conforme% cieH! to le'al centralism, tat is, te view tat te state is tesole so#rce of law0 "ere as $een little feminist teor! wic as%eli$erate% on en%#rin' str#ct#res of power em$e%%e% in oter normativeor%ers 8 s#c as te linea'e, te clan or 'ro#ps en'a'e% in te informal

sector of te econom! 8 wic le'al centralism ref#ses to caracterise aslaw0 In conse7#ence, oter so#rces wic 'enerate law, te wa!s in wicte! sec#re compliance an% teir e3ects ave $een ne'lecte%0 "is articleten%s to ar'#e tat to #n%erstan% te le'al worl% of a woman, it isimperative to know te realit! of te e5periences of women wit law0

+on,State Legal Actors and -egulation of Se&uality: A Case Study

of Student $rganisation in Assam

BRA;


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Abstracts 6%omination are %isa%vanta'e% $! teir sociall! impose% ina$ilit! toappreciate f#ll! a central aspect of #man relations0 Women wo seekse5#al free%om, $! contrast, are s#scepti$le to e5ploitation0

;ence, te o$4ective of tis paper is to e5plore ow se5#alit! is $ein'

re'#late% $! non&sate le'al actors s#c as st#%ent or'anisations inAssam0 An attempt will $e ma%e to e5plore teir views towar%s li$ert!,an% teir perceive% notion a$o#t 'en%er e7#alit!0 "is paper will map teemer'ence of te cate'or! of moral policin' an% evolve a classi1cation ofte forms of moral policin' a%opte% $! st#%ent 'ro#ps in Assam0 Anen%eavo#r to look at ow te a'encies of te state s#c as te policere'#late se5#alit! in te name of c#lt#re, nation or moralit!, tro#' le'alan% ille'al means will $e attempte%, wic will $e 4#5tapose% witmappin' te tecni7#es of #miliation a%opte% $! non&state le'al actors

speci1call! in Assam0

(nformal Legal Practice in /omen Jamaats of Tamil +adu

Screening ofInvoking Justice

D;ANRA2, DEEPA

*ilmmakerBan'alore, In%ia

In So#tern In%ia, famil! %isp#tes are settle% $! 2amaatsOall male $o%ieswic appl! Islamic Saria law to cases wito#t allowin' women to $epresent, even to %efen% temselves0 Reco'ni:in' tis f#n%amentaline7#it!, a 'ro#p of women in MM esta$lise% a women/s 2amaat, wicsoon $ecame a network of K,MMM mem$ers sprea% over K %istricts0Despite enormo#s resistance, te! ave $een a$le to settle more tanQ,MMM cases to %ate, ran'in' from %ivorce to wife $eatin' to $r#talm#r%ers an% more0 "e 1lmmaker Deepa Danra4 follows several cases,sinin' a li't on ow te women/s 2amaat as ac7#ire% power tro#'


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$ot comm#nal e%#cation an% te lea%ers/ persistent, tenacio#s an%compassionate investi'ation of te crimes0 In astonisin' scenes wewatc te 2amaat meetin's, were women often so#t over eac otera$o#t te most %ic#lt facets of teir personal lives0 A$ove all, te

women/s 2amaat e5ists to ol% teir male co#nterparts an% local police toacco#nt, an% to reform a profo#n%l! corr#pt s!stem wic allows men totake ref#'e in te most e5treme interpretation of te #r/an to 4#stif!violence towar%s women0

(ndia#s Alternati"e Legal 0odernity or the Bhuta#s T)o S)ords of

Justice

DUS=;E,


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Abstracts 8;ence tere is no nee% for worl%l! powers to wiel% te temporal swor% of4#stice0 "e! can completel! leave matters to te 'o%s0 "at tis is not atale from CneThousand and One Nightsis evince% $! fo#r localpenomena tat in teir com$ination an% re'ional %istri$#tion point to a

pan&In%ian an% comm#nit!&transcen%in' penomenon0 *rom te9ol#Devta of =itai to te B#tas of Daksina Fanara, from te ;e'a%e ofDarmastala to te 2inns of *ero: Sa Fotla, all over In%ia spirits arepetitione% for 4#stice0 I will ar'#e tat tese spirits are ecacio#s socialinstit#tions tat elp catal!se in te conscio#sness of te perpetrator asense of 4#stice tat compels imer, $! te s#$tle force of conscience,to compl! wit te %eman%s of 4#stice0

Antagonistic Alliances 1 The *rban Poor and the Slum La) inBangalore

FAERI ;ARI"AS

Assistant Professor


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The *ltimate Caste Sanction Faces the Court: 2&communication in

34stCentury Tamil +adu

;EADLET, CV

Researcer in Le'al Antropolo'!*renc Instit#te of Pon%icerr!

In tis contri$#tion, I will e5plores te wi%er topic of te clas ofpara%i'ms $etween state law an% caste norms in te 1el% of ar$itrationan% 4#%icial practices tro#' speci1c cases st#%ies of recent co#rt casesof e5comm#nication in "amil Na%#0

E5comm#nication, or s#spension from caste, is te severance of anin%ivi%#al reli'io#s, social an% economical relations of eris $irt 'ro#p0

Losin' one/s caste, or rater >fallin' from one/s caste, to $orrow teSanskrit term emplo!e% in te earliest %escription of tis penomenon,constit#tes is te most severe form of p#nisment an%e% %own $! castepanca!ats in "amil Na%#0 "e can'in' perceptions an% le'islations &over nearl! two cent#ries& of te ri'ts of castes to e5cl#%e teirmem$ers reveals te ever comple5 relationsip $etween te state4#%iciar! an% caste societ!. for te colonial perio%, tat of te comple5it!of le'all! accommo%atin' caste a#tonom! an% civil ri'ts( %#rin' te 1rstfo#r %eca%es post&In%epen%ence, tat of te conf#sions an% tensions'enerate% $! te primac! of reli'ion in te #n%erstan%in' of c#stom an%personal law an% 1nall!, over te last two %eca%es or so, a new capterin te perception of caste panca!ats an% teir sanctions is $ein' written,tat of te >o$no5io#s practice of imposin' p#nisments, wic tiscontri$#tion will e5plore0

"ro#' te st#%! of a n#m$er of recent cases $ro#'t $!e5comm#nicate%/ in%ivi%#als an% families to te


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Abstracts 10on&'oin' practices at speci1c ealin' srines to e5amine ow concepts of4#stice are #n%erstoo% an% invoke%0 As alternatives to te kin% of 4#sticetat ma! or ma! not $e accesse% tro#' liti'ation in 'overnment lawco#rts, te locations i%enti1e% ere ave evolve% primaril! as sites to

%ispel feelin's of opelessness for tose re7#irin' re%ress tro#' 4#%icialintervention0 Wile te cases are em$e%%e% in #ne7#al lan% an% powerstr#ct#res an% often cannot $e resolve% for vario#s reasons, te nearimpossi$ilit! of re%ress on te temporal plane is compensate% for $! tepotential for clos#re tro#' mental an% spirit#al ealin' in te srines)dargahs), te co#rts of saints0 "e presentation e5amines te mannerin wic concepts of 4#stice an% a 4#%icial voca$#lar! are invoke% an%#n%erstoo%, o3erin' visitors relief an% s#cco#r0 In an e3ort to empasi:etis c#lt#res speci1call! Islamicate caracter, neiter ;in%# or


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familial #nit on te one an%, an% facilitate% $! te srine conte5t on teoter0 Women/s involvement, rationali:ation, as well as active a'enc!, arecentral to m! en7#ir!0

*#rter, wile s#c ealin' practices are si'ni1cant in temselves, o#r

conte5t raises 7#estions a$o#t perceptions of inaccessi$ilit! orina%e7#ac! of 4#stice for te mar'inali:e%0 A secon%ar! set of 7#estionsraise% $! te etno'rapic evi%ence ten, relates to te conHation of4#stice wit ealin'0 It opens #p potentiall! powerf#l insi'ts a$o#t owpeople #n%erstan% an% collapse te ri'i%ities of ;in%# an%


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Abstracts 12"e paper e5amines te interpla! of new instit#tions )Ai:awl


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MPhil Student

Centre for Political Studies

a!aharlal "ehru #ni$ersit%

"e In%ian state presents itself as te 7#intessential post&colonial state

wic is contin#o#sl! ima'inin' an% re&ima'inin' its nat#re an% scope atte interface of tra%ition an% mo%ernit!0 Cne of te ma4or :ones of tiskin% of ne'otiation occ#rs in te le'al framework were vario#scomponents like %emocratic constit#tional law( comm#nit! $ase% law(reli'io#s personal laws are en'a'in' an% ne'otiatin' wit eac oterwitin te framework of te #niversal/ mo%ern state str#ct#re0 "is#niversalit! is so#'t to $e acieve% tro#' a process of accommo%ationan% representation of %i3erent etnic 'ro#ps, in%i'eno#s comm#nities,caste an% 'en%er0 "ere are man! t!pes of in%i'eno#s comm#nit! in In%ia

wic ave teir own c#stomar! laws alon' wit comm#nit! val#es0 "eselaws in tan%em wit te partic#lar val#es operate in a comple5 terrain ofte social, political an% economic str#ct#re0 In%ia after in%epen%enceoperationali:e% te mo%ern/ constit#tional state str#ct#re $ase% on tepilosop! of social, political an% economic 4#stice0 "e In%ian constit#tionis a mo%ern %oc#ment tat #ses an armative lan'#a'e ofenfrancisement, e7#alit! an% li$ert!0 "e constit#tion came wit tepromise of ens#rin' emancipation an% empowerment irrespective of aperson/s partic#lar caste, class, 'en%er, reli'ion, re'ion, location0 ;owevertis mo%ern pro4ect of te In%ian state co#l% not f#ll! take&o3 wen face%wit te comple5ities of te pre&e5istent m#ltiple form of or'ani:in',operatin' an% %isciplinin' of te societ!0

"is paper is an attempt to en'a'e wit te partic#larit! of te e5perienceof te 'en%ere% citi:en/ wo is at te intersection of te mo%ern law witte comm#nit! $ase% c#stomar! laws0 In In%ia tere are man! in%i'eno#scomm#nities of wic te tir% lar'est is te Santal, wic is aomo'eno#s comm#nit!0 "e Santal comm#nit! as its own partic#larc#stomar! law wic 'overns tem in all aspects of p#$lic/ an% private/

life, especiall! te ri'ts an% access to reso#rces0 "e mo%ern state alsoas its set of #niversal laws wic %eals wit te iss#e of ri'ts an%access to reso#rces0 Bot tese sets of le'al/ form#lations are assesse%as $ein' representative of tra%ition an% mo%ernit! wic interact an%intersect0 It will $e interestin' to e5amine te conver'ence an%%iver'ence of te c#stomar! law an% mo%ern law partic#larl! in teiren'a'ement wit te women/s 7#estion0

(nforming the Contemporary through the 0ythic: The Bi6arre/orld of Assisted Conception

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Abstracts 14


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panteon to #n%erstan% ow an% w! te! contin#e to informcontemporar! practices of law makin' an% 'rantin' le'itimac!0 In tisprocess, c#lt#res colli%e an% interact in wa!s tat $ecome part of lar'ersocial %ialo'#es re'ar%in' emer'in' families an% i%entities0 Assiste%

repro%#ction $ecomes enmese% wit m!tolo'! an% reli'io#s %isco#rseto position itself as $ot accepta$le an% le'itimate0 Drawin' fromemer'in' anal!sis of I* c#lt#res an% me%ical antropolo'!, tis paperpositions its 1n%in's witin te contemporar! worl% of politico&reli'io#slaw makin' tat seemin'l! contin#es to %raw its inspiration from te%ivine0

The 0a7ing of the Legal Subect: Peasant Litigants in 2arly

3;th

Century arh)al 5imalayas

PAN", RAS;


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Abstracts 16liti'ants, alto#' te! strate'icall! represente% tem in forms a%missi$lein formal Law0

;owever m#c tese narratives are cross c#t an% %ominate% $! te4#%icial voice an% its s#pport of patrilineal ineritance as te sole claim to

propert!, te! constit#te a ric an% pol!ponic %ialo'#e wose concernsreHect a lifeworl% in wic oter mo%es of propert! sarin' werepermitte% an% tolerate%0

Wen te colonial ma'istrate acc#se% tem of $ein' manip#lative,scemin' an% coll#%in' to %efeat te r#le of ineritance, e %i% not#n%erstan% tat tese peasant men an% women a% learne% to work top#rs#e ol% eticall! vali% 'oals tro#' new laws an% processes&

(n and $utside the State: Legal Conceptions and Juridical

Practices among 0uslims in (ndia

UAISER, NES;A"

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Sociolo'!2amia


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"e essa!s, lastl! takes into acco#nt te %isperse% le'al notions an%practices, wic ave teir own wa!s of artic#lation in ever!%a! life,o#tsi%e te centralise% le'al4#ri%ical normative str#ct#res of te two%omains of law0 "ere is a notion of 2#stice, wic is 7#ite %isperse% an%

%i3erentiate% tat f#nctions as #nconscio#s '#i%eline0 S#c le'alpractices are a'ainst le'al epistemolo'ical a$sol#tism tat ca#ses neat$inaries, wic in t#rn pro%#ce neat normative le'al str#ct#res0

Le'al practices are intrinsicall! linke% wit societ! an% social relations in a'iven sit#ation in teir istoricit!0 "#s, an! e5amination of a reli'io&c#lt#ral speci1c le'al practice nee%s a wi%er perspective0 "is essa!e5amines te iss#e #n%er %isc#ssion witin te framework of law, societ!,c#lt#re, politics an% istor!0

Comple&ities of 5uman -ights 9 !e"elopment: Comparing

'ictims% Families 9 La)yers in (ndian State 9 +on,State Justice

Processes

RELIS, "A


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Abstracts 18involve% in #man ri'ts violations cases in te %evelopin' worl% in teconte5t of le'al pl#ralism0

Utili:in' conte5t#al an% %isco#rse anal!sis, te paper compares #manri'ts an% case plannin' %isco#rses of In%ian law!ers for plainti3s an%

%efen%ants, wit victims of #man ri'ts violations as well as teirperceptions of te ne5#s $etween state an% non&state law in relation toteir cases0 In so %oin', te paper el#ci%ates te e3ects of actors/ socialconte5ts on teir case %ecision&makin' processes0 "ese social conte5tsare stron'l! inf#se% wit tra%ition/, c#lt#re/ an% reli'ion/ an% incl#%enetworks of famil!, kin, an% comm#nit!0 "ese networks incl#%e socialnorms, e5ert inH#ence an% a3ect actors/ #n%erstan%in's, attit#%es, an%con%#ct in relation to #man ri'ts iss#es0

"ro#' te lens of le'al pl#ralism, te paper f#rter sows ow we canmore clearl! assess not onl! realities on te 'ro#n% in terms of te act#alworkin's of transnational #man ri'ts laws an% %omestic laws incompliance )e0'0 PWDA+, $#t also te impact an% internali:ation of teselaws $! tose wom te! are %esi'ne% to protect0 =onse7#entl!, tepaper ar'#es for 'reater acknowle%'ement of te limits of law/scapa$ilities, an% te power of informal laws incl#%in' socio&c#lt#ral an%reli'io#s norms operatin' on te 'ro#n%0

Trial and Terror: *APA in Courts

SE";I,


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%ic#lt to pin %own0 Sei:#re of $anne% literat#re/ an% confessions t#sform te $#lk of te evi%ence0 Wile man! UAPA trials en% in ac7#ittals,al$eit after !ears of incarceration, man! concl#%e in convictions, %espitelack of evi%ence an% %espite o$vio#s violation of proce%#ral norms $! te

investi'atin' a'enc!0 "e war on terror/ often $ecomes an e5c#se forlowerin' te $#r%en of proof an% ero%in' te %#e process of law0

"is paper e5amines te workin's of tis anti&terror law in te co#rtroomsan% in te "ri$#nal tat reviews te $an on te or'ani:ation ever! two!ears0

Parent as Legal Subect in Customary and 0odern 5indu La)

SRIA";SA, PAD


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Abstracts 20practices %en!in' it its speci1c trans'ressive, intersectional caracter0S#c a %eval#ation of ma'ic, in favo#r of a #niversal reli'io#s e5perience,is also consonant wit te %eval#ation of pop#lar reli'ion $!


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In te propose% paper I inten% to e5plore an% st#%! te %emocratic tren%sof 2an S#nwai $e!on% te instit#tionali:e% framework of %emocrac!0 P#$licearin' in te lifeworl% of In%ian polit! an% social life co#l% ran'e frominstit#tionali:e%/ earin' of co#rts to informal/ p#$lic earin' of

a''rieve% social 'ro#ps0 2an S#nwai on women an% Dalit ri'ts an% iss#es$ecome more important in te conte5t of fail#re of instit#tionali:e% formsof %emocratic 'overnance0 2an S#nwai seeks to a%%ress te str#ct#ralv#lnera$ilit! of te mar'inali:e% 'ro#ps emanatin' from tramplin',inH#encin' or mo#l%in' scope of proce%#ral forms of ri'ts an% 4#stice tote ass#re% lives of %ominant social forces0


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Abstracts 22onl! te fail#re of instit#tional forms of constit#tional commitments an%4#stice, $#t also all levels of 'overnance, $e it te criminal 4#stice s!stem,electe% representatives of te co#ntr!, te civil societ! an% te morall!$ankr#pt mi%%le classes0

/ater -eforms in Karnata7a and the =uestion of !emocracy

URS, FS;I";I2

Re'ional


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to make a can'e an% a s#ppose% political e7#alit! wic concealse5tremel! #ne7#al power relations0

"e presentation o3ers a cr#cial callen'e to te contemporar!e'emonic %evelopment %isco#rse on ow %espite te assertion of 'oo%

'overnance, te %eepenin' of %emocrac! an% te reali:ation of #manri'ts are not con'r#ent wit market oriente% reforms0

Fsiti4 Urs i'li'ts tree aspects of te conte5t on wic #r$an waterreforms in Farnataka ave $een premise% to make te point0 "e 1rst is tocriticall! en'a'e wit te claim tat 'oo% 'overnance can promote $otcapitalistic economic 'rowt an% participator! %emocrac!0 "is polic!instr#ction makes it man%ator! for %emocrac! to or'ani:e a politicalconsens#s promotin' capitalism if it as to $e terme% 'oo%/0

"e secon% is to %escri$e ow te reforms are constr#cte% to insist tatcommerciali:ation an% privati:ation of water services, weter private orp#$lic, lea% to reali:ation of te ri't to water $! te poor an% empowertem to e5ercise teir client power to make service provi%ers acco#nta$le,tri''erin' a virt#o#s spiral of participator! %emocrac!0

"e tir% aspect is to i'li't ow te %ominance of te 'oo%'overnance %isco#rse in te water sector is $ein' resiste% an% to e5ploreopport#nities an% limitations o3ere% $! tis str#''le in te %eepenin' of

%emocrac! an% te emer'ence of new forms of water 'overnance tat issociall! 4#st, c#lt#rall! sensitive, economicall! pr#%ent an% ecolo'icall!s#staina$le0

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Abstracts 24le'itimate te proce%#ral re7#irements te former a% fo#n% so central tovali%ate law alon' wit a s#$4ective $elief in te le'itimac! of e5istin'proce%#res0 *or ;a$ermas, it is te %isco#rse principle tat claimsinters#$4ective a'reement $! all a3ecte% $! a le'al norm as te $asis for

its le'itimation0;e also intro%#ces te concept#al polarit! $etween seerfacticit! of te law an% its normative claim to vali%it! wic is ca#se% $!mo%erni:ation of societ!0 In tra%itional societ! tere was no 'ap as socialaction was $ase% on conventional morals an% mecanical soli%arit! $ase%on similar worl% views0 ;ence in mo%ernit! te #nit! of law an% 4#stice isero%e% as norms can no lon'er $e fo#n%e% on some kin% of a sare%$ase% as in premo%ern societ!, neiter on 'o% or will of an! r#ler0 Socialinte'ration of people is s#ppose% to $e $ase% on positive law in mo%ernsocieties0

In K, ;a$ermas s!stematicall! a%%resse% some of te pro$lems in is$ook >Between *acts an% Norms0 ;a$ermas now a%%resses moste5tensivel! te wa!s in wic mo%ern law can $e 4#sti1e% rationall! onte $asis of ri'ts0 "is concept#ali:ation relies on te ar'#ment tat $otmoral an% le'al norms are %riven to resolve pro$lems of social inte'rationin te lifeworl%0


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a%%e% to te inerite% s!stem of national state centere% on in%epen%ent1el%s of law0 Fap panca!ats i'nore te %istinction $etween p#$lic an%private law an% %evelop a law wito#t a state, even as te! receive newimpet#s from te revol#tion in information an% comm#nication

tecnolo'!0 All tis a3ects te law/s s#rface of e5plicit normative material$#t also its $are life0 "e le'al c#lt#re from wic actors %raw pren%erstan%in' is rapi%l! 'oin' $e!on% te nation&state perspective as itsmemor! $ecomes sorter tan $efore0 Democratic law is nee%e% to'#arantee tat norms can coor%inate social action an% sec#re inte'rationin view of te preservation of %iversit! of val#es in pl#ralit! of life&worl%s0

In%ee% tese pro$lems ave le% to perio%ic le'al reformstat ave le%man! to %eman% tat te In%ian le'al s!stem ret#rn to its tra%itional rootsspeci1call! $! te creation of panca!ats0 =reate% in te KMs, N!a!a

Panca!atsave te 4#%icial power to %eliver 4#stice in villa'es fallin'#n%er teir 4#ris%iction0 "e! are mainl! involve% wit civil 4#ris%iction an%te! ave proper r#les an% re'#lations #n%er te law0 "e Lawcommission in its fo#rteent report, ma%e te point tat %isp#tes $eforetem, $ecome easier to sec#re wen te person clote% wit tea#torit! of %eci%in' tem ave te a%vanta'e of knowin' te %isp#tants,te s#$4ect matter of te %isp#te, te wa! in wic te %isp#te arose an%oter interestin' facts relatin' to tem0

As 'lo$al In%ia witnesses assertion $! increasin' variet! of 'ro#ps, eacavin' its own %istinct tra%itions, val#es an% worl% views, more conHictsare reace% $! a'reements on contesta$le matters an% not on con%itionsin wic a sare% $asis is possi$le0 "o wat e5tent can practices in tesesocieties $ri%'e te 'rowin' 'ap $etween %iscrimination, le'itimation an%act#al norms6 Wat is te role of c#stoms an% teir e3ect on law an%4#stice6 Are Darmasastras a social norm makin' me%i#m for In%iansociet!6 Are Darma pro$lems %i3erent from law pro$lems6 A%%ressin'some of tese 7#estions, te paper sets o#t to criti7#e ;a$ermas/ notionof law in te conte5t of le'alit! an% le'itimation in In%ia to%a!0 ;a$ermas/

interventions an% revisions are welcome $#t te epistemolo'ical attack ontra%ition of mo%ern le'al teor! #n%ermines te $asis for reform0 Evento#' ;a$ermas sees facticit! as fact#al norms tat ave stat#s of socialacceptance in tension wit social vali%it!, it is #nclear weter te! can$e reconcile% tro#' %emocratic %isc#rsive will formation0 "econcept#al tension $etween facticit! an% vali%it! tat action norms arevali% to tose wo co#l% a'ree as participants in rational %isco#rse, arema4or callen'es to $e overcome if information an% reason nee% to $eseen in te p#$lic space as constit#te% $! illoc#tionar! o$li'ations0

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