01946nam a22002057a 4500 20260703104816.0 260703b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9788132109464 344.540 RAM Ramakrishnan,Nitya In Custody : Law, impunity and prisoner abuse in South Asia / Nitya Ramakrishnan New Delhi : Sage Publication , 2013. xlix,451p. 24cm. In Custody examines the professed and actual commitment to custodial justice on the part of six South Asian countries. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have all been affected by the geopolitics of colonialism. Nineteenth century Europe is often simplistically seen as the ideological source of the rights discourse in South Asia. But, like any ideological theme, the discourse on rights is also a negotiated space. Resistance created a need to justify imperialism by importing a purpose to it. Regulation of policing was the coloniser′s superior norm, and also, his tool of control. The erstwhile colonies inherited the practice of affirming norms while systems enabled their breach. Which is not to say that the purpose of norms is merely hypocritical; political struggles and intellectual discourse have, over the years, ensured the recognition of human rights in international instruments, national charters and even in the very pretexts for their breach. Though human rights are inalienable, the modern state has been uniformly guarded in its response to their imperatives. This book traces the historical and contemporary nature of the conflict between the norm and its practice. Constitutions, statutes and mechanisms of justice are reviewed with case studies and interviews that illustrate the many layers of impunity. Social Science Law Judical Trends Ramakrishnan,Nitya VC OFFICE 70242 70242 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2026-07-03 0 344.540 RAM VC733 2026-07-03 10:48:34 2026-07-03 VC OFFICE Books Received from VC office