Human Rights and Social Justice : Fundamental Rights Vis-a-Vis Directive Principles
Contents: Preface. 1. An introduction and historical background. 2. National and international fundamental rights and duties at a glance. 3. National and international glance of directive principles. 4. Equality clauses and directive principles. 5. Right to freedoms and directive principles. 6. Right against exploitation vis-a-vis directive principles. 7. Right to freedom of religion and directive principles. 8. Cultural and educational rights with directive principles. 9. Right to property and constitutional remedies with directive principles. 10. Constitutional position of articles 31 a, 31 b and 31 c. 11. Fundamental rights and directive principles interse. 12. Basic and fundamental principles of social justice and human rights. 13. Impediments in the advancement of the principles of social justice and human rights. 14. Conclusion and suggestions. List of cases. Bibliography. Index.
"The present book gives an universally applicable formula for the removal of various inconsistencies and dichotomies between fundamental rights and directive principles, and provides complete information and up-to-date law with regard to present study. The first part of this book deals with the historical background and present position. The second part comprises in itself the detailed study of each and every fundamental right vis-a-vis directive principles along with comparative table of relevant fundamental rights of foreign nations, constitutional position of articles 31b and 31c and inter se relations between fundamental rights and directive principles as a whole. The third part covers within its purview the basic and fundamental principles of the social justice and the human rights and various impediments in the advancement of principles of social justice and human rights within the constitution. Lastly, in the fourth part attempts are made at describing a uniform principle for the solution of this problem in future.
"This book will be of great interest to law students, legal professional as well as the common man." (jacket)
