Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy - Series page

pp ii-iv

A Qualified Hope - Title page

pp v-v

Copyright page

pp vi-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Notes on Contributors

pp ix-xiv

Foreword

pp xv-xvi

Acknowledgments

pp xvii-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-20

Part I - The Supreme Court of India – An Institutional Overview

pp 21-148

1 - The Structure and Functioning of the Supreme Court of India

pp 23-42

2 - The Supreme Court of India

pp 43-76

3 - The Recent Evolution of Public Interest Litigation in the Indian Supreme Court

pp 77-91

4 - Suo Motu Intervention and the Indian Judiciary

pp 92-122

5 - Public Trust in the Indian Judiciary

pp 123-140

Appendix 1 - Variable Description, Codes and Summary Statistics

pp 141-143

Appendix 2 - Model Diagnostics and Robustness Checks

pp 144-148

Part II - The Supreme Court of India, Social and Political Mobilization

pp 149-240

6 - The Art of Buying Time

pp 151-183

7 - Court as a Symbolic Resource

pp 184-211

8 - PUCL v. Union of India

pp 212-240

Part III - Welfare Rights and the Environment

pp 241-292

9 - A Case for Qualified Hope?

pp 243-268

10 - Implementation in the Delhi Pollution Case

pp 269-292

Part IV - Discrimination

pp 293-344

11 - The Polarizing Face of Law

pp 295-318

12 - Evaluating the Impact of the Indian Supreme Court Judgment on Sex-Selective Abortion

pp 319-344

Conclusion

pp 345-358