Limits of law in counter-hegemonic globalization: The Indian supreme court and the Narmada valley struggle

Law and Globalization from Below: Towards a Cosmopolitan Legality

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 183-217

  Rajagopal, Balakrishnan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511494093.008     Document Type: Chapter

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