Law in Transition

A person asks the State to recognise who they are. A worker crosses a State border and finds that the protections of home do not travel with them. A family flees a flood that no treaty foresaw. A face is borrowed by software and made to say what its owner never said. A small firm finds its loan reclassified overnight. In each case the question is the same: does the law as it stands reach the situation, and if not, what should be done about it?

This volume brings together thirteen studies that ask that question across four fields: identity, equality and dignity; displacement, sovereignty and international law; technology, liberty and security; and the environment, enterprise and innovation. Reading the Constitution of India and its statutes beside international and comparative law, the chapters identify where the law falls short and propose what should take its place.

The book is written for students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers.