Amita Dhanda
Biographic Data
| ID | 1380572 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amita Dhanda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amita |
| FAMILY NAME | Dhanda |
| SIGNATURE | DHANDA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nalsar University of Law |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Redefining Family Law in India
Teaching Baxi and learning from him
Conversations between the proponents of the new paradigm of legal capacity
In a bid to promote consensus, this response article parses the subtle difference of meaning and emphasis that subsists between the various proponents of the new paradigm of legal capacity by closely reading four articles included in this issue of the Journal
From duality to indivisibility
This article questions the division between therapy and autonomy and choice that continually recurs in mental health laws. It argues that universal legal capacity with support would allow for more holistic growth of persons with psychosocial disability instead of the mental capacity-linked system of legal capacity. Questions of autonomy and choice could not be addressed in accordance with the claims of justice, in polities, which offered little o…
Redefining family law in India
B. Sivaramayya: A Work Profile Introduction: Archana Parashar and Amita Dhanda 1. Inheriting Modernity: A Discussion Concerning the Problem of Religious Intolerance in Three Traditions: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism M. Vasudevacharya 2. Wives and Whores: The Regulation of the Economies in Sexual Labour Prabha Kotiswaran 3. Saving Custom or Promoting Incest? Post-Independence Marriage Law and Dravidian Marriage Practices Patricia Uberoi 4. A Ps…
Sameness and Difference
Whether one should ‘mainstream’ or adopt ‘special measures’ has been a perennial dilemma whilst devising strategies to deal with gender discrimination. The United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities has tried to skirt this conundrum by adopting a ‘twin track’ approach. Consequently, it has inducted the gender question in all relevant spaces, in addition to incorporating a separate article on women with disabilities. This art…
Construindo um novo léxico dos direitos humanos
O artigo examina a Convenção sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiências, que é o primeiro instrumento de direitos humanos do milênio a entender como o discurso dos direitos das pessoas com deficiências tem sido alterado e a contribuir para a jurisprudência sobre direitos humanos. Isso ocorre porque a Convenção altera o léxico dos direitos das pessoas com deficiências e oferece um novo insight sobre o modo de resolver alguns dilemas perenes do…
Insanity, Gender and the Law
L'A. etudie le lien entre conception du sexe, de la sante et legislation. Il souligne que la nature feminine est concue comme un facteur qui induit certaines affections sur le plan psychopathologique. Il examine les procedures legales et les traitements concernant la folie en Inde au 19 e et au debut du 20 e siecle. Il porte son attention sur les legislations sur le mariage et le divorce dans ce pays. Il pose le probleme du statut des femmes atte…
Construindo um novo léxico dos direitos humanos
O artigo examina a Convenção sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiências, que é o primeiro instrumento de direitos humanos do milênio a entender como o discurso dos direitos das pessoas com deficiências tem sido alterado e a contribuir para a jurisprudência sobre direitos humanos. Isso ocorre porque a Convenção altera o léxico dos direitos das pessoas com deficiências e oferece um novo insight sobre o modo de resolver alguns dilemas perenes do…
Conversations between the proponents of the new paradigm of legal capacity
In a bid to promote consensus, this response article parses the subtle difference of meaning and emphasis that subsists between the various proponents of the new paradigm of legal capacity by closely reading four articles included in this issue of the Journal
From duality to indivisibility
This article questions the division between therapy and autonomy and choice that continually recurs in mental health laws. It argues that universal legal capacity with support would allow for more holistic growth of persons with psychosocial disability instead of the mental capacity-linked system of legal capacity. Questions of autonomy and choice could not be addressed in accordance with the claims of justice, in polities, which offered little o…
Sameness and Difference
Whether one should ‘mainstream’ or adopt ‘special measures’ has been a perennial dilemma whilst devising strategies to deal with gender discrimination. The United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities has tried to skirt this conundrum by adopting a ‘twin track’ approach. Consequently, it has inducted the gender question in all relevant spaces, in addition to incorporating a separate article on women with disabilities. This art…
Insanity, Gender and the Law
L'A. etudie le lien entre conception du sexe, de la sante et legislation. Il souligne que la nature feminine est concue comme un facteur qui induit certaines affections sur le plan psychopathologique. Il examine les procedures legales et les traitements concernant la folie en Inde au 19 e et au debut du 20 e siecle. Il porte son attention sur les legislations sur le mariage et le divorce dans ce pays. Il pose le probleme du statut des femmes atte…
Insanity, Gender and the Law
L'A. etudie le lien entre conception du sexe, de la sante et legislation. Il souligne que la nature feminine est concue comme un facteur qui induit certaines affections sur le plan psychopathologique. Il examine les procedures legales et les traitements concernant la folie en Inde au 19 e et au debut du 20 e siecle. Il porte son attention sur les legislations sur le mariage et le divorce dans ce pays. Il pose le probleme du statut des femmes atte…
Redefining family law in India
B. Sivaramayya: A Work Profile Introduction: Archana Parashar and Amita Dhanda 1. Inheriting Modernity: A Discussion Concerning the Problem of Religious Intolerance in Three Traditions: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism M. Vasudevacharya 2. Wives and Whores: The Regulation of the Economies in Sexual Labour Prabha Kotiswaran 3. Saving Custom or Promoting Incest? Post-Independence Marriage Law and Dravidian Marriage Practices Patricia Uberoi 4. A Ps…
Sameness and Difference
Whether one should ‘mainstream’ or adopt ‘special measures’ has been a perennial dilemma whilst devising strategies to deal with gender discrimination. The United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities has tried to skirt this conundrum by adopting a ‘twin track’ approach. Consequently, it has inducted the gender question in all relevant spaces, in addition to incorporating a separate article on women with disabilities. This art…
Construindo um novo léxico dos direitos humanos
O artigo examina a Convenção sobre os Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiências, que é o primeiro instrumento de direitos humanos do milênio a entender como o discurso dos direitos das pessoas com deficiências tem sido alterado e a contribuir para a jurisprudência sobre direitos humanos. Isso ocorre porque a Convenção altera o léxico dos direitos das pessoas com deficiências e oferece um novo insight sobre o modo de resolver alguns dilemas perenes do…
From duality to indivisibility
This article questions the division between therapy and autonomy and choice that continually recurs in mental health laws. It argues that universal legal capacity with support would allow for more holistic growth of persons with psychosocial disability instead of the mental capacity-linked system of legal capacity. Questions of autonomy and choice could not be addressed in accordance with the claims of justice, in polities, which offered little o…
Conversations between the proponents of the new paradigm of legal capacity
In a bid to promote consensus, this response article parses the subtle difference of meaning and emphasis that subsists between the various proponents of the new paradigm of legal capacity by closely reading four articles included in this issue of the Journal
Teaching Baxi and learning from him
Redefining Family Law in India
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Domestic relations (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Family law (2 works)