The viability of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has always been a bone of contention in
socially and politically plural South Asia. It is entangled within the polemics of identity …

This book presents an ethnography of dispute processing by non-state forums and actors in
rural India. As such it sheds light on a much neglected and contested topic. Arising in the …

Practices grounded in restorative justice values and principles are not new to South Asia.
Contemporary justice practices such as panchayat in India, Salish in Bangladesh, and …

Santhals are the third-largest tribal community in India with a population of nearly 6.5 million.
They are by far the largest tribal community in the Chhotanagpur region. However, despite …

This paper seeks to address some of the tensions identified in the political literature between
group rights, which allows historically marginalized communities some measure of …

This essay addresses tensions within political philosophy between group rights, which allow
historically marginalized communities some self-governance in determining its own rules …

Throughout large parts of Northeast India, customary laws are of great importance to
communities categorised as tribe, since authorised through the Indian Constitution (the Sixth …

Ashrey is a village in North India that is made up of one tribal community that was once
nomadic, racialized, and criminalized under British rule, but has been reclassified as a …

Tribal customary law is defined as the body of traditional practices observed and procedures
followed in an indigenous or tribal community. However, it is a contested term in the …