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The Idea of Justice, Calcutta 2023

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Much like a homonym, justice means different things to different individuals. Social Justice, Retributive Justice, Restorative Justice, Procedural Justice, Distributive Justice, Divine Justice—the idea of justice is a complex and ongoing conversation, as different groups and individuals continue to debate what it means to be fair and just in different contexts.


This conference brought together many voices to inform how we may think of justice raising many thought provoking questions. The conference debated if justice were only to be found in the hands of law, if there could be a sense of hospitality in justice, where ethics lies when we talk about justice, the space that lies between social and political justice and the possibility of looking at a species-wide justice. Featuring lectures by renowned academics, lawyers, poets and activists, the conference discussed how difference could be accommodated in the search for justice.



CONTENTS


Opening Address

NAVEEN KISHORE


Keynote Address: It is Just that here be Law, but Law is not Justice

GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAK


Learning Status––and the Rarity of Justice

KRISHNA KUMAR


The Question of Cultural Injustice and Political Injustice

APOORVANAND


Right to Hospitality and Citizenship

SURAJ GOGOI


Notes on Law and Lawlessness in Kashmir

SHRIMOYEE GHOSH


Mediating Speech: Between Freedom and Violence

SHAHRUKH ALAM


Casteist Carcerality: Everyday Policing of 'Habitual Offenders' in India

NIKITA SONAVANE


In Conversation: The Question of Ethics

ROMILA THAPAR, RANJIT HOSKOTE, NAVEEN KISHORE



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