Common property and common poverty : India's forests, forest dwellers and the law
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Common property and common poverty : India's forests, forest dwellers and the law
Oxford University Press, 1986
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Is economic planning and legislation sufficiently informed of the rights of people for whom the plans and laws are made? By a study of welfare measures as well as common property legislation and jurisprudence, both in India and other countries, the author demonstrates that common poverty and an endemic denial of rights are the actual results achieved by such plans and laws. Using the examples of progressive legislation and jurisprudence, as well as John Rawl's two principles of justice, Singh makes a forceful case for the rights of tribal people, forest dwellers and the backward classes to common property resources. He also suggests the need for new kinds of planning, legislation and jurisprudence which take sufficient cognizance of such rights.
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