Finger on the Pulse: Socio-Legal Concerns of 1998-2018
$48.00
Author: | Tahir Mahmood |
ISBN 13: | 9789387839298 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2019 |
Subject: | Law |
About the Book
The author is well known for his books and media columns on various aspects of law and justice. This anthology contains revised and updated versions of his selectmedia musings of the last two decades. The hundred-odd short pieces selected for the book cover a wide range of burning social and legal issues of the time including constitutional questions, secularism, pluralism, human rights, religious freedom, rights of minorities, problems of educational institutions, interfaithharmony, family relations, gender justice, personal laws, uniform civil code, and many more. Several pieces included in the book present the author's free and frank comments on many prominent judicial decisions of recent time, his critiques of several national commissions, and an account of his personal experiences with some eminent personalities of the country.
On the whole the book is focused on public interest, social welfare and law reform.