Tag: Hobbes

  • Encounter Killings and the Erosion of Legal Authority

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    [By Apoorv Sonkar, Fourth Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at NLIU, Bhopal] Encounter killings in India frequently receive public approval, and the reasons for this reaction are not difficult to identify. The legal system often moves slowly, and justice delivered after prolonged delay rarely satisfies public expectations of accountability. Encounters, by contrast, appear to offer…