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'POST-COLONIAL JURISPRUDENCE' examines:

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Correct answer: D.
1. POST-COLONIAL JURISPRUDENCE examines the legal legacies of colonialism and challenges Eurocentric universals in law. 2. KEY THINKERS: 3. (i) Edward SAID — 'Orientalism' (1978); Western representations of the East; 4. (ii) Gayatri Chakravorty SPIVAK — 'Can the Subaltern Speak?' (1988); 5. (iii) Homi BHABHA — hybridity, ambivalence; 6. (iv) Antony ANGHIE — 'Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law' (2004) — international law and colonialism; 7. (v) Sundhya PAHUJA — 'Decolonising International Law' (2011); 8. (vi) Indian: UPENDRA BAXI — 'The Future of Human Rights' (2002); critique of universalism; 9. (vii) Indian: PRABHA KOTISWARAN — sex work and labour law from post-colonial angle. 10. INDIAN APPLICATIONS: 11. (i) Continuing colonial structures in Indian law (IPC 1860, Police Act 1861, Evidence Act 1872); 12. (ii) Recovery of indigenous traditions (Ambedkar's anti-caste critique); 13. (iii) South-North dialogues in international law. 14. Hence option B is correct. _Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Post-colonial legal theory; Edward Said 'Orientalism' (1978); Upendra Baxi works_
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