Legal Right to Housing in India

Examines the benefits of seeking legal recognition for the right to housing, within the Indian legal context.

List of contents

Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Cases; List of Statutes; Introduction; 1. The act of definition; 2. The Indian State in response to housing claims; 3. Mapping the legal environment; Conclusion; Annexure 1. Central housing law and policy; Annexure 2. National campaign for housing rights; Annexure 3. The national right to homestead bill, 2013; References; Index.

About the author

Anindita Mukherjee is a Research Fellow at the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad. Her research focuses on the ways in which the law structures the physical spaces we inhabit, through its conceptions of publicness. A fascination with the processes of claim-making before the law, especially by social justice movements, led her to study the implications of constructing a legal right to housing.

Summary

This book unpacks the ways in which existing law and policy impact the realisation of the right to housing in India. Within that context, it critically examines the benefits of seeking legal recognition for the right, in order to facilitate informed and nuanced engagement with the law.

Product details

• Authors: Anindita Mukherjee
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108720274
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72027-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, LAW / General, India, Social Law, Law & society, Housing law, Law and society, sociology of law, Social law and Medical law