Constitutional Ideals and Justice in Plural Societies (NIAS Lecture L10-2016)

Venkatachaliah, MN (2016) Constitutional Ideals and Justice in Plural Societies (NIAS Lecture L10-2016). Lecture. NIAS, Bangalore.

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Abstract: This is the NIAS Foundation Day Lecture delivered on 20 June 2016 by Justice M N Venkatachaliah, Former Chief Justice of India. Abstract: The talk deals with the ushering of the Indian Constitution as a defining moment in history, and a great spiritual event not only for India but to the rest of the world bewildered by the appalling in- humanity seen during the Second –World war and which was in search of a new world order. The talk speaks the need for new pillars of a Concordial society after the collapse a feudal social order and the problems in expressing eternal and enduring human values in an ever-changing human predicaments. It also touches on the stunning exploits of science and technology in 21st century and the serious issues at the interface of the new science on the one hand and social security on the other in an environment of extreme economic inequities and inequalities.
Item Type: Monograph (Lecture)
Subjects: NIAS Resources > NIAS Lectures
Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2016 10:19
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2017 09:15
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    URI: http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/1165

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