Gender Justice and Proportionality in India : Comparative Perspectives.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction to Proportionality and Gender Equality -- I India, Proportionality and the Right to Equality -- II Judicial Review, "Juristocracy" and Proportionality in Perspective -- III Conceptualizing Gender Equality -- IV On Methodology -- V On the Relevance and Limitations of Legal Doctrine -- VI Reviewing the Scholarship-Gender Justice in Context -- VII Chapters Two through Seven: An Incremental Analysis of PA's Impact on Gender Justice -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 2. Constitutional Courts in Context: India, Canada and South Africa -- I Women and Equality in Contemporary India, Canada and South Africa -- II Factors that Influence Apex Constitutional Courts -- III Historical Development -- IV Judicial Independence and Accountability -- V Public Perception and Support -- VI Conclusions on the Indian, Canadian and South African Constitutional Courts in Context -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3. Gender Equality Adjudication in Independent India: Judicial Discourse from Deference to Discord -- I Introduction -- II Conceptions of Equality and the Constituent Assembly -- III Formal Equality: The Origins and Evolution of Classification Doctrine -- IV Gender Justice and Judicial Innovation: The Cases of the 1970s and Beyond -- V An Analysis of the Variable Standards in Recent Indian Equality Jurisprudence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. Proportionality Analysis: Theoretical Foundations -- I The Origins of Proportionality Analysis -- II Theoretical Elements of Proportionality Analysis -- III Theoretical Critiques of Proportionality Analysis -- IV A Summary in Support of the PA Approach to Judicial Review in India -- Notes -- Bibliography.

5. Doctrinal Iterations of Proportionality Analysis in Canadian Gender Equality Jurisprudence -- I Equality under the Charter: Sex Equality Notwithstanding the "Notwithstanding" Clause? -- II The Charter's Section 1 Rights Limitation and Proportionality Analysis -- III Canada's Equality Jurisprudence under the Charter: Justification's Attenuated Role -- IV Gender in Canadian Equality Jurisprudence -- V Justification's Attenuated Role in Canadian Gender Equality Jurisprudence - Implications for an Indian PA -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6. Doctrinal Iterations of Proportionality Analysis in South African Gender Equality Jurisprudence -- I Introduction to the South African Iteration of Proportionality Analysis in the Gender Equality Context -- II Adjudicating the Right to Gender Equality in South Africa - Constitutional Provisions -- III Synthesis: What the Canadian and South African Experiences Institutionally and Doctrinally Suggest about the Use of Proportionality Analysis in Gender Equality Jurisprudence - Implications for India -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Cases: Canada -- Cases: South Africa (Constitutional Court) -- Constitutional and Statutory References: South Africa -- 7. Reprise and Implications: Defining the Attributes of an Indian Proportionality Analysis for Gender Equality and Beyond -- I A Review of Perspectives on Proportionality from Theory and Practice -- II Proportionality in India - Legal Foundations and Existing Applications -- III Exploring the Possibilities of an Indian Doctrine of Proportionality Analysis -- IV What Impact Could PA Have on Indian Gender Equality Jurisprudence? -- V Should PA Be Adopted for Other Categories According to which Discrimination Is Prohibited under Article 15(1) of the Indian Constitution? Would PA Be Appropriate for Article 14 more Generally? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

The author argues that the Supreme Court of India should consider adopting Proportionality Analysis for the adjudication of the fundamental right to sex equality in Indian courts. The book includes an analysis of Canadian and South African Proportionality Analysis and makes some suggestions on how Indian Proportionality Analysis could be modified.

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