Tribal Law
Gondwana University · LL.B. Semester 5 · UL35E08
Unit I
Federalism and Tribal Governance in India · The Authority of the Centre and the States in Tribal Affairs iii) Land Rights to Tribal's under The Fifth and Sixth Schedules of the Constitution · The Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 · Problems Related to Scheduled Tribes · Cultural Problems · Educational Problems · Economic Problems · Health and Sanitation Problems · Constitutional Rights to Tribal People
Unit II
Formation of PESA (Panchayats Extension toScheduled Areas) Act, 1996 · The Impairment of Tribal Rights in a Decentralized Government iii) The Anathema of State Legislative Incompetence · The Fading Tribal Rights in Natural Resources · The Continuous Erosion of Tribal Land Rights · Insufficient Protection for Tribal Forest Rights vii) Tribal Rights to Water Resources viii) The Tribal Struggle to Cope with Imposed Laws
Unit III
Institutionalize Autonomous Tribal Governments · Concept of‖ OUR RULE IN OUR VILLAGES‖ iii) Autonomy as a ―New Deal‖ between the State and the Tribes · Decentralization Becomes an Instrument of Elite Hegemony · The Recognition of Tribal Autonomy in International Law
Unit IV
Designing an Alternative Legal System for Tribal Governance in India · Securing Tribal Property Rights iii) The Constitutional Scheme for Tribal Autonomy · The Role of the Centre and the State · The Contiguity Provided by Civil Society
Unit V
Salient Feature India's Forest Rights Act of 2006 · Increase in the ceiling on land occupation: iii) Features of Forest Conservation Act of 1980 · Features of NISTAR Rights