Criminalizing Sedition: The Indian Debate in International Perspective

Sedition: classic legacy of colonialism, or necessary to protect the nation-state from threats to its sovereignty? An international panel of experts from India, Chile, and Spain explores the issues. Abhinav Sekhri is a legal writer and lawyer practicing in New Delhi, India. He specializes in criminal law, evidence, and procedure. Gautam Bhatia is a constitutional lawyer and scholar of comparative constitutional law. Rocío Lorca is Associate Professor of Law & Director of Research at University of Chile’s School of Law. Her research focuses on the philosophy of punishment and the interaction between criminal justice and other spheres of justice. Íñigo Ortiz de Urbina is criminal law professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (on leave, working for the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union). He specializes in white collar and corporate crime, economic analysis of crime policy, and criminal law making.