Mathew Idiculla
Biographic Data
| ID | 1587689 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathew Idiculla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathew |
| FAMILY NAME | Idiculla |
| SIGNATURE | IDICULLA M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Right to the Indian City? Legal and Political Claims over Housing and Urban Space in India
In Ajay Maken v Union of India, a case concerning the legality of the demolition of Shakur Basti in Delhi, a division bench of the Delhi High Court held that slum-dwellers possess the right to housing and shall be protected from forced and unannounced eviction. In arriving at its verdict, the Court invoked an idea popular in urban social movements and international law- ‘The Right to the City’. But what is this Right to the City? And how is it re…
Unpacking Local Self-Government
While cities are increasingly becoming powerful economic and political units, legal scholars have paid inadequate attention to the role of local governments in the constitutional division of powers. This paper examines the legal authority of city governments in India's constitutional architecture and analyses the nature and extent of powers exercised by them. While globally city governments seldom derive their powers directly from the Constitutio…
Unpacking Local Self-Government
While cities are increasingly becoming powerful economic and political units, legal scholars have paid inadequate attention to the role of local governments in the constitutional division of powers. This paper examines the legal authority of city governments in India's constitutional architecture and analyses the nature and extent of powers exercised by them. While globally city governments seldom derive their powers directly from the Constitutio…
A Right to the Indian City? Legal and Political Claims over Housing and Urban Space in India
In Ajay Maken v Union of India, a case concerning the legality of the demolition of Shakur Basti in Delhi, a division bench of the Delhi High Court held that slum-dwellers possess the right to housing and shall be protected from forced and unannounced eviction. In arriving at its verdict, the Court invoked an idea popular in urban social movements and international law- ‘The Right to the City’. But what is this Right to the City? And how is it re…
Unpacking Local Self-Government
While cities are increasingly becoming powerful economic and political units, legal scholars have paid inadequate attention to the role of local governments in the constitutional division of powers. This paper examines the legal authority of city governments in India's constitutional architecture and analyses the nature and extent of powers exercised by them. While globally city governments seldom derive their powers directly from the Constitutio…
Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Central government (1 work) · Constitution (1 work) · Constitutional amendment (1 work) · Contradiction (1 work) · Eviction (1 work) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (1 work) · Jurisprudence (1 work)