Course Content for Law, Poverty and Development (SOLS407A)

UNIT I 12 LECTURES

Understanding Poverty and Development : Poverty: Meaning and Concept, Relative

Dimensions, Measurement and Determinants, Issues related to Poverty in India;
Development: Perspectives, Developmental index. .

UNIT II 10 LECTURES

Constitutional Guarantees for the Poor: Equality and Protective Discrimination, Right to
Basic Needs and Welfare, Abolition of Untouchability and Protection of Civil Rights, Right
to Development.

UNIT III 8 LECTURES

Criminal Justice System and the Poor: Treatment of the poor by Police, Inability to get
Bail, Problems of Poor Under trials, working of free legal aid schemes.

UNIT IV 10 LECTURE

Impoverishment of Women, Children and Disabled Persons: Deprivations of women

under family laws, Problems of women workers in organized and unorganized sectors, Child
labour, Approaches to disability and rights of the disabled persons, Right to education and
dignity.

SUGGESTED READINGS

● Maj.Gen.Nilendra Kumar Textbook on Law, Poverty and Development

● Upendra Baxi, Law, Poverty and Development

● Manoj Kumar Sinha, Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights–

National and International Perspectives