In an ever changing world of diversity, the system of law and its theory should not only accommodate but also allow for the peaceful development. It cannot be based on imposing one system’s preferences over the other but based on those methods of research and practices that are commonly available to all, irrespective of their cultural diversity. A description of the idea of law is not the same thing as description of how this idea evolves in social reality.
This course is a probe into the reasons of the essential evolution of law and notions of justice according to the changing social reality of the vibrant globalised world. The volatility in social world reality creates deviations within the idea of law and justice. Political, economic and social changes that globalisation creates, sometimes disturbs the traditional norms of law. This course focuses on how this reflects on the notions of law and justice in a globalised world and shall use the thoughts of legal thinkers to trigger our own thinking process to address the present day dilemmas. Above all, the course integrates the post-graduate legal education in Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth Deemed to be University in the current global context in a meaningful way.
Course Objectives
1. To understand the process of globalization and its impact on law and justice
2. To critically analyse the concept of global justice and the pathways to achieve the same
3. To better appreciate the demands for change raised by different groups to the international legal order
4. To investigate the possibilities of global legal order and India’s interest in such a project
- Teacher: Vanisree Ramanathan