Table Of Contents:
FOREWORD

PREFACE

TABLE OF CASES

TABLE OF STATUTES



CHAPTERS



PART I

GENERAL

THEORY, HISTORY, ALTERNATIVES AND THE CONSTITUTION



Law and social transformation: a theoretical discussion
Historical and sociological discourse on law’s role in social transformation
Alternatives to legal strategy : Gandhism, Sarvodaya, Marxism and Naxalism
Constitution’s orientation and response to social transformation
PART II

MULTICULTURALISM AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION RELIGION, LANGUAGE, REGION AND ETHNICITY



Religion and law
Language and law: towards equality in language rights
Language rights in education
People’s language as the language of courts: perspectives, problems and the needed strategies
Regionalism , law and social transformation
Ethnic pluralism, tribal development and social transformation : a focus on security, self government and social justice
PART III

SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION BY EMPOWERMENT

EMPOWERING THE BACKWARD CLASSES, WOMEN AND CHILDREN



Caste, law and empowerment of the backward classes
Constitutional policy and development towards gender justice
Crime against women and law’s response thereto
Law, child welfare and social transformation
PART IV

MODERNISATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

CONCEPT, FAMILY LAW, ECONOMIC REFORMS, JUSTICE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND PARTICIPATIVE DEMOCRACY



Modernisations and Law
Family Law, modernization and social transformation
Economic development, law and social transformation: focus on agriculture, industry, and environment
Reforms in the justice delivery system, modernization and law
Role of democracy, panchayati raj and NGOs in social transformation through law
Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY

SUBJECT INDEX