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Study on Action of Karnataka Slum Development Boards for the Betterment of Slum Dwellers: With Special Reference to Bangalore City
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Granting a Lawful Water Entitlement to Groundwater- Dependent Ecosystems in India: As Legal Persons or with the State as Trustee
No full textA Logic of Populism: India and Its States
No full textWhat makes populism both a threat and a corrective to democracy in India, setting it apart from other contexts? A Logic of Populism explores this question using a novel set-theoretic methodology and a comprehensive study of populist leaders across Indian states. It defines populists as those who draw boundaries dividing people, while democratic institutions shape these divisions\u27 political significance. Populists create fractures, yet democratic engagement channels these conflicts toward the common good. This book is essential for those seeking to understand Indian democracy and populism\u27s role in political modernization beyond Western perspectives. It is particularly valuable for researchers in qualitative methodologies and theory-building in the Social Sciences. By conceptualizing populism as a defining force in contemporary public affairs, the book offers crucial insights into democracy\u27s evolving landscape in India, making it a significant contribution to political studies and governance discourse.https://repository.nls.ac.in/books/1056/thumbnail.jp
Cost Structures and Innovation Incentives
No full textIn a Cournot oligopoly set up with constant marginal cost and linear demand, innovation is rewarding, i.e., profit enhancing. We show that the same may not be true when marginal costs are increasing. In contrast to the standard results, we show the possibilities of conditional innovation/retrogression by firms: when the number firms =1 or 2 innovation is undertaken by firms unconditionally and with certainty while for \u3e3 there exists an innovation–neutral technology line dividing the regions of innovation and technological retrogression (henceforth retrogression). We bring forth the unconventional but interesting relationship between the intensity of competition and welfare – ∀\u3e3 competition decreases welfare and thus leads to Pareto deterioration while the lack thereof enhances welfare and results in Pareto improvement. We suggest ‘monitored competition’ as in restricted entry to encourage innovation, as a potential policy instrument
Centring Marginalisation in the Development of Digital Courts: Reflections from Argentina, India, Kenya, and Malaysia
No full textThis paper presents a multi-jurisdictional analysis of digitalisation of justice and the perceived role of courts as public institutions upholding the rule of law and ensuring access to justice to all. Using selected examples from Argentina, India, Kenya and Malaysia, it examines the impact of digitalisation efforts of these countries on their citizens, marginalised populations, the State and private sector. We propose to design an approach to digital justice that centres people on the margins of digital transformation of courts. This includes three elements – first, engagement with people centered perspectives; second, focus on disadvantage and addressing socio-technical factors; and third, building digital solutions in public interest
Statute v Morality: The complex case of Speluncean Explorers
No full textThe general public is aware of the law as a set of rules that regulate our conduct but beyond that, there is little appreciation of the law’s characteristics. People outside legal academia rarely think about these matters and yet it matters a lot, because the law impacts all of us
Vijay’s massive rally in Tamil Nadu: What he needs to learn from DMK
No full textDecades of Dravidian dominance have created an infrastructure of power and patronage and an implicit understanding of how to do politics which is hard to shift. Unless Vijay can present himself as a real alternative or create a compelling narrative about the failings of the DMK, he might win a few seats here and there but would not be able to emulate the success of MGR. TVK politics cannot sustain merely on his charisma, it needs the convertibility factor for political success