Table of Contents

List of Cases; Introduction; 1: Doctrinal Pictures of Rape Trials: How to Do Things with Feminism; 2: Medicalization of Consent and Falsity; 3: The Child Witness on Trial; 4: Justice is a Secret: Compromise in Rape Trials; 5: Love Affairs and Rape Trials in India; 6: On Interpreting Rape as/and Atrocity; Conclusion; Appendices: Appendix 1, Appendix 2, Appendix 3; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Pratiksha Baxi is Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Reviews

Public Secrets of Law is an instructive and insightful read for law students, lawyers and activists. It reiterates the limitations of legal research that is focussed on appellate case law, an aspect law in-action scholars have highlighted, and emphasises the urgent need for legal scholars and jurists to go beyond it.
*Sonal Makhija, University of Helsinki, Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society*