Violence, Passion, and the Law: A Brief History of Section 295A and Its Antecedents
The lawsuit filed against Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History under section 295A of the Indian Penal Code prompted a controversy about free speech. Section 295A punishes speech that offends the religious feelings of a group of Indian citizens. According to one view, rigorous applicati...
| Subtitles: | Roundtable on outrage, scholarship, and the law in India |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2016]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 84, Issue: 2, Pages: 337-351 |
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Doniger, Wendy 1940-, The Hindus
/ India, Strafgesetzbuch (1860). 295A
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |