The Supreme Court of India, through the use of a rights-based approach to development, has had an impact on child labour in that country. Its decisions though do not do enough to fix the glaring the loopholes in India's child labour laws. "The Barefoot Lawyers: Prosecuting Child Labour in the Supreme Court of India" (2004) Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law 21:3 at 663. This article has been cited by authors in the Brooklyn Journal of International Law, the University of Hawai'i Law Review, the Michigan State Journal of International Law and the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics.
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The Barefoot Lawyers: Prosecuting Child Labour in the Supreme Court of India
April 1, 2004
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