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DESCRIPTION:The Sawyer Law and Politics Program will host&nbsp\;Dr. Namita 
 Wahi\,&nbsp\;a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research\, and found
 ing director of the Land Rights Initiative\, a pioneering initiative in th
 e land policy space in India. She is also global fellow at the Centre for 
 Law and Social Transformation\, at the University of Bergen.&nbsp\;“The Ri
 ght to Property and Economic Development: How Property Saved Democracy in 
 India.” As Indians grapple with what it means to live again under some for
 m of authoritarianism\, scholars are distinguishing present times from the
  last time India was under authoritarian rule during the declared emergenc
 y of 1975-1977. According to conventional scholarly accounts\, Parliament 
 abolished the Fundamental Right to Property in 1978 in order to counter th
 e jurisprudence of a reactionary and "pro-property" rights Supreme Court t
 hat had used it to protect rich zamindars or landowners\, thereby impeding
  Parliament's "progressive" land reform agenda. Through a historical revie
 w of all property cases decided by the Supreme Court from 1950 to 1978\, W
 ahi shows that the Supreme Court’s deliberative enforcement of a constitut
 ional right to property played a crucial role in establishing a new social
  and economic order that facilitated India's economic development\, while 
 ensuring the continued success of the democratic republic.This event is sp
 onsored by the Sawyer Law and Politics Program and co-sponsored by&nbsp\;S
 outh Asia Center\, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
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SUMMARY:The Right to Property and Economic Development in India
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Sawyer Law and Politics Program will ho
 st&nbsp\;<strong>Dr. Namita Wahi\,&nbsp\;</strong>a senior fellow at the C
 entre for Policy Research\, and founding director of the Land Rights Initi
 ative\, a pioneering initiative in the land policy space in India. She is 
 also global fellow at the Centre for Law and Social Transformation\, at th
 e University of Bergen.<span style="font-family: open_sanssemibold\, Arial
 \, Verdana\, sans-serif"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></span></p><p>“The Right 
 to Property and Economic Development: How Property Saved Democracy in Indi
 a.” As Indians grapple with what it means to live again under some form of
  authoritarianism\, scholars are distinguishing present times from the las
 t time India was under authoritarian rule during the declared emergency of
  1975-1977. </p><p>According to conventional scholarly accounts\, Parliame
 nt abolished the Fundamental Right to Property in 1978 in order to counter
  the jurisprudence of a reactionary and "pro-property" rights Supreme Cour
 t that had used it to protect rich zamindars or landowners\, thereby imped
 ing Parliament's "progressive" land reform agenda. </p><p>Through a histor
 ical review of all property cases decided by the Supreme Court from 1950 t
 o 1978\, Wahi shows that the Supreme Court’s deliberative enforcement of a
  constitutional right to property played a crucial role in establishing a 
 new social and economic order that facilitated India's economic developmen
 t\, while ensuring the continued success of the democratic republic.</p><p
 >This event is sponsored by the Sawyer Law and Politics Program and co-spo
 nsored by&nbsp\;South Asia Center\, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</
 p>
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