Transformative Law and Public Policy
This book explores the convergence of law and public policy. Drawing on case studies from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, it examines how judicial and political institutions are closely linked to the socio-economic concerns of the citizens. The essays argue for the utilization of both legislative and executive, private and public spheres of society as vehicles for transformative social change and to safeguard against violations of socio-economic rights.
The volume will be of great interest to both public and private stakeholders, as well as professionals, including NGOs and think tanks, working in the areas of law, government, and public policy. It will also be immensely useful to academics and researchers of constitutionalism, policymaking and policy integration, social justice and minority rights.
Sony Pellissery is Executive Director of the Institute of Public Policy, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
Babu Mathew is Chairperson of the Institute of Public Policy, National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
Avinash Govindjee is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Arvind Narrain is a human rights lawyer based in Bangalore, India, and an Honorary Professor of Practice at the National Law School of India University.
Ranging from the local to the global, the contributions collected in this remarkable volume make a persuasive case for the alignment of public policy and law demonstrating that the notions of justice underpinning them are not revealed but constructed.
Armando Barrientos, Professor Emeritus of Poverty and Social Justice, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
Grounded in empirical research and rooted in theories of social justice, Transformative Law and Public Policy explores the shifting intersections between law and public policy in the developing world. Its detailed case studies and reflective essays provide an engaging view of how those two realms can come together to address poverty and build more inclusive societies.
Joan Dassin, Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
The weaving together of different public policy areas and the application of the law offers a deeper understanding of the realities on the ground that resonates with many countries in the Global South. The book is a great resource not only for academia but public policy architects and implementers as well.
Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, Professor, Makerere University
Critically important book to social scientists and legal scholars interested in current debates about international public policy and law. It contains up-to-date information and discerning commentaries that will be of value to scholars everywhere. It deserves to be widely read.
James Midgley, Professor of the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley
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Names: Pellissery, Sony, 1972 editor. | Mathew, Babu, editor. | Govindjee, Avinash, editor. | Narrain, Arvind, editor.
Title: Transformative law and public policy / edited by Sony Pellissery, Babu Mathew, Avinash Govindjee, and Arvind Narrain.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020, | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019028214 (print) | LCCN 2019028215 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: LawSocial aspectsCongresses. | Public policy (Law)Congresses. | LawSocial aspectsIndiaCongresses. | Public policy (Law)IndiaCongresses.
Classification: LCC K555 .T73 2020 (print) | LCC K555 (ebook) | DDC 340/115dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019028214
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John Bevacqua is an Australian commercial lawyer with 20 years experience and a senior lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne. John completed his PhD from the University of New South Wales and was awarded the CCH ATTA Doctoral Prize in 2011. John publishes extensively and is recognized as an international expert in the field of taxpayer rights, remedies and public policy. John teaches in subjects including taxation law, commercial law and business law to cohorts of predominantly international students.
Suzanne Bevacqua is an Australian legal practitioner with 20 years experience. At the same time as engaging in full-time legal practice, Suzanne has pursued a passion for legal education, acting as mentor for Juris Doctor Students at Melbourne Law School and a sessional academic at La Trobe University, Melbourne since 2005. Suzanne is published frequently on legal, ethical and regulatory developments in legal industry journals and presents legal education seminars for continuing legal education providers.
Anusha Chaitanya is a doctoral candidate in the Organizations and Social Change PhD programme in the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research is on non-governmental organizations in India and how they challenge or reinforce socio-economic hierarchies in the society within their own organizational structure and leadership. She is broadly interested in understanding organizations in the context of socio-cultural history.
