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Gandhi’S Prophecy: Corporate Violence And A Mindful Law For Bhopal, Nehal A. Patel
Gandhi’S Prophecy: Corporate Violence And A Mindful Law For Bhopal, Nehal A. Patel
Nehal A. Patel
AbstractOver thirty years have passed since the Bhopal chemical disaster began,and in that time scholars of corporate social responsibility (CSR) havediscussed and debated several frameworks for improving corporate responseto social and environmental problems. However, CSR discourse rarelydelves into the fundamental architecture of legal thought that oftenbuttresses corporate dominance in the global economy. Moreover, CSRdiscourse does little to challenge the ontological and epistemologicalassumptions that form the foundation for modern economics and the role ofcorporations in the world.I explore methods of transforming CSR by employing the thought ofMohandas Gandhi. I pay particular attention to Gandhi’s critique ofindustrialization and principle of swadeshi (self-sufficiency) …
Mindful Justice: The Search For Gandhi’S Sympathetic State After Bhopal, Nehal A. Patel
Mindful Justice: The Search For Gandhi’S Sympathetic State After Bhopal, Nehal A. Patel
Nehal A. Patel
One of the most startling examples of unmitigated disaster occurred in Bhopal, India, in 1984, when a Union Carbide pesticide plant exploded tons of methyl isocyanate into the air, killing 3800 people overnight. 30 years later, the plant site has not been remediated, and the estimated death toll from the explosion now has reached over 20,000. Disaster victims repeatedly have sought relief directly from the government. Yet, the Indian and US governments and Union Carbide have refused to provide the necessary resources for proper remediation. In this Article, I examine the state’s response to the Bhopal disaster using the thought …
Series: Mindful Law, Mindful World: Property, Possession, And Consumption Via Gandhi's Thought, Nehal A. Patel
Series: Mindful Law, Mindful World: Property, Possession, And Consumption Via Gandhi's Thought, Nehal A. Patel
Nehal A. Patel
The following two Articles explore the nuanced relationship between property law, the human-environment relationship, and Gandhi’s thought.
ARTICLE 1: MINDFUL USE: GANDHI’S NON-POSSESSIVE PROPERTY THEORY
ARTICLE 2: “RENOUNCE AND ENJOY”: THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS THROUGH GANDHI’S SIMPLE LIVING AND HIGH THINKING
Mindful Use: Gandhi's Non-Possessive Property Theory, Nehal A. Patel
Mindful Use: Gandhi's Non-Possessive Property Theory, Nehal A. Patel
Nehal A. Patel
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION 2
II. ANASAKTIYOGA AND APARIGRAHA IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE 4
III. SARVODAYA AND SWADESHI 9
IV. GANDHI’S THEORY OF TRUSTEESHIP AND THEORY OF RIGHTS 15
V. PROPERTY LAW AS PEACE: INTEGRATING GANDHI’S CORE CONCEPTS 21