LEGALST 153 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Dalit, Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Supermajority

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LEGALST 153
• Professor: John Marshall

Document Summary

Caste, fo(cid:396)(cid:373)al e(cid:395)uality, (cid:862)rese(cid:396)vatio(cid:374)s(cid:863: colonialism: imagining communities, british rule in india: indirect to direct rule; late in building democratic institutions, colo(cid:374)ial p(cid:396)oje(cid:272)t (cid:396)elied a(cid:374) (cid:862)o(cid:396)ie(cid:374)talist(cid:863) k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge, producing and organizing knowledge to dominate, structure, control the (cid:862)o(cid:396)ie(cid:374)t(cid:863) Linked nationalism to religion: re(cid:272)o(cid:396)d a(cid:374)d spe(cid:272)ify (cid:272)aste as (cid:862)(cid:272)ultu(cid:396)al te(cid:272)h(cid:374)ology of (cid:396)ule(cid:863, social reality to caste even if it is partly british imagining. Institutional approach to ensuring rights are protected: a(cid:373)(cid:271)edka(cid:396)"s (cid:272)o(cid:373)pelli(cid:374)g (cid:271)iog(cid:396)aphy, but he knew what he was talking about, wanted social revolution. Institutionalist, and very enlightenment in outlook: (cid:862)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ihilatio(cid:374) of caste(cid:863) a(cid:396)gues fo(cid:396) so(cid:272)ial (cid:396)e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) 14: equality before the law, equal protection of the law: art. 15: prohibits discrimination on basis of religion, race, caste, sex, birthplace: art. 16: equality in employment: both 15 and 16 allow for reservations for backwards classes, art 17 abolishes untouchability, 19: traditional list of liberties, including occupation, property protection removed by amendment 44 in 1978.