TY - BOOK AU - Narrain, Arvind AU - Gupta, Alok TI - Law like love: : Queer perspectives on Law SN - 9789380403144 U1 - 346.5403 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - Yoda Press KW - sex and law KW - queer theory N1 - With the landmark Delhi High Court victory in July 2009, sexuality and the law entered mainstream, legal and public discourse in India inviting both celebration and resistance. How do we understand this conversation? The July judgement stands on the shoulders of a much longer history, argue the writers in this contemporary and critical volume on queering the law. A longer history that shapes, unsettles and challenges both legal and queer histories and begins new conversations on the intersections between bodies, politics, activism, sexuality, identity and law. Some playful, some critical and others reflective and irreverent, this unique collection of pieces brings the life, structures and institutions of law alive and shine with relevance in the contemporary moment ER -