LAW AND SOCIAL

TRANSFORMATION

Dr.B.Venugopal.,M.A.,M.L.,Ph.D(LAW)
Associate professor,
Department of Legal Studies,
University of Madras,
 MODERNISATION AND LAW

 Traditional society includes to develop new

pattern of conduct

 In response to new challenges

 Cultural liberalism

 Shift from hierarchy, holistic religion – motivated

society to individual
ALTERNATIVE TO LEGAL STRATEGY
 Law is not only instrument to social
transformation
 Education, negotiation, convincing, public
opinion, principles of morality
 Social movements from important non legal
instrument
 Peace, justice, and harmony

 Democratic values

 Transparent, participative and dependable

procedure
 GANDHISM
 Gandhi’s coherent thought about social
transformation
 According to him no royal road for bringing
or bridging about social revolution
 We should represent it in every default of
our own values
 Try again and again, never say you are
defeated
 Never say that the people are not good

 No response, think that the failure is yours.

Are not theirs.
 Revolution, reformation, renaissance
 Revolution- socially has to change from its roots and
its foundation
 Reformation- devoted to the goal of freeing the human
being from exploitation
 Renaissance – not a systematic body of philosophy
complete change

 Upanishad
 Bhagavad Gita - from bhakti cults and \ comparative
study of religion
 Emancipation of women from social ties
 Oppression
 Good education to children
 Approaches to self reline, truth, non-violence
 JUSTICE AND EQUITY
 Capital and labour
 Land lord and tenant
 Change of heart theory

 Change of heart of the oppressor + empowerment

of oppressed = social transformation

 Proper education, persuasion negotiation,

conciliation
 Human love was a powerful instrument of social
transformation
 Non-violence is the greatest force of mankind
 GANDHIAN ECONOMICS
 Basic needs of all
 Economic self-reliance

 Non-concentration of wealth

 Power shift from individual to the community

 Eradication of untouchability

 Temples thrown open to all Hindus

 Grama swaraj
 SARVODAYA
 Re-orient the human mind and resources to re
construct human society
 Etymologically – sarvodaya

 (sarva+udeya) – Means right of all highly

beliefs
 Nobody is excluded from enjoying anything

 Participation of all people

 Without discrimination of caste, sex, class,

religion.
 Total development of all the faculties physical,
mental, spiritual
 VINOBA BHAVE VIEWS
 Sarvodaya stood for make all happy by
eliminating
 All individuals born free / equal

 People are custodians of the state

 Political power

 bhoodan movement
 JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN
 No exploitation
 Perfect equality and each individual

 Equal opportunity and development

 Total revolution

 Social, economic, political, cultural,

educational, spiritual ideological or intellectual
 MARXISM
 Radical philosophy that advocate
revolutionary social change as a method of
reversing
 Exploitations and tyrarry of the strong over
weak
 Industrial revolution

 Because of colonial rule/drain of wealth

 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels beliefs

 Superstructure built on the economic

foundations and essentially reflected the
implication of class strong
 AIM TO RECTIFYING THE UNJUST
SOCIAL ORDERS
 Ideal democracy
 Perfect society
 Marxism in India
 The communist party in India
 CPI (Marxist)
 Revolutionary socialist party (RSP)
 Revolutionary communist party in India
 Bengal, Kerala, Tripura, modest reforms
 Distribution of land to landless
 Protection of the rights of share croppers
 Minimum wages
 NAXALISM
Naxalites and their
ideology
Origin and causes
West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh
Operation Steeplechase
by Indira Gandhi.
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