CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction by Ishita Dey xi Section I: Environmental Justice and Rights 1. How Equal Is Common? Common Property Resources and Local Institutions 3 Suha Priyadarshini Chakravorty 2. Forest Rights Act and Polemics of Correcting Historical Injustices 31 Madhuresh Kumar Section II: Law and Information in a Globalising World 3. Globalisation and Justice: Fait Accompli or Choice 59 Ashok Agrwaal 4. Right to Information as a Means of Mass Persuasion 90 Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury 5. Globalisation and Right to Information 114 Sibaji Pratim Basu Section III: Globalisation and Labouring Lives 6. Labour Out-flow and Labour Rights 145 Swati Ghosh 7. Negotiating Rights: The Case of a Special Economic Zone 177 Ishita Dey 8. Globalisation, Rights and Economics: Jean Dreze in Conversation with Ranabir Samaddar 206 Postscript Rights after Globalisation213 Ranabir Samaddar Bibliography238 About the Editors and Contributors 250 Index 252