Privileging the Powerful: Religion and Constitutional Law in India. Issue 2 (8th October 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Privileging the Powerful: Religion and Constitutional Law in India. Issue 2 (8th October 2018)
- Main Title:
- Privileging the Powerful: Religion and Constitutional Law in India
- Authors:
- ABEYRATNE, Rehan Aindri
- Abstract:
- Abstract: There is vast literature on secularism in India and on the effects of Hindu nationalism on secular constitutionalism. This article takes a different tack. It focuses on cases where minority status is contested or competing rights of minorities are at stake. The article uses three exemplary recent cases to illustrate how judicial doctrines devised to reform discriminatory religious practices or to protect minority interests have, perversely, favoured certain groups at the expense of others. In each area examined, the jurisprudence privileges the more powerful of those interests: the sanctity of Muslim personal law over the rights of Muslim women; Hindu dalits over dalits that converted to other religions; and minority educational institutions over children from 'weaker' and 'disadvantaged' sections of society. The article concludes by proposing a new jurisprudence of religion and constitutional practice for India, one that takes account of these inequalities and gives meaning to the fundamental rights of the most vulnerable individuals and groups.
- Is Part Of:
- Asian journal of comparative law. Volume 13:Issue 2(2018)
- Journal:
- Asian journal of comparative law
- Issue:
- Volume 13:Issue 2(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 13, Issue 2 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 13
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0013-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 307
- Page End:
- 331
- Publication Date:
- 2018-10-08
- Subjects:
- Law -- Asia -- Periodicals
Justice, Administration of -- Asia -- Periodicals
Comparative law -- Periodicals
Comparative law
Justice, Administration of
Law
Asia
Periodicals
340.2095 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ACL ↗
http://www.degruyter.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/asjcl.2018.10 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1932-0205
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