{"id":3972,"date":"2024-12-28T19:25:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T18:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proveritate.hu\/?page_id=3972"},"modified":"2024-12-29T15:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:17:42","slug":"the-thin-line-between-justice-and-chaos-exploring-mob-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.proveritate.hu\/index.php\/the-thin-line-between-justice-and-chaos-exploring-mob-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thin Line Between Justice and Chaos: Exploring Mob Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em><strong><strong>MAHTAB, Tanvir &#8211; SHULTANA, Sadia<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>mob justice, mob lynching, mob violence, right to life, protection of laws<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b2891da8 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proveritate.hu\/index.php\/ember-es-jog-lapszamok\/\">Current issue<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proveritate.hu\/index.php\/ember-es-jog-lapszamok\/\">Archive<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proveritate.hu\/index.php\/submitting-manuscript\/\" style=\"border-radius:100px\">Submitting Manuscript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proveritate.hu\/index.php\/szerzoi-utmutato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Author Guidelines<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#szerzo\">Authors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#cite\">How to cite<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#abstract\">Abstract<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#pdf\">Full text (English)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hivatk\">References<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#copyright\">Copyright<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publication<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Submitted<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Accepted<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Publicated<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Issue<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">September 16. 2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">November 29. 2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">December 28. 2024<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ember \u00e9s Jog, 2024\/1.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"szerzo\">Authors<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Md. Tanvir Mahtab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lecturer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Law, Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ORCID iD: 0009-0001-3629-6769<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadia Shultana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research Associate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law Bridge, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cite\">How to cite<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>MAHTAB, Tanvir \u2013 SHULTANA, Sadia: The Thin Line Between Justice and Chaos: Exploring Mob Justice. <em>Ember \u00e9s Jog<\/em>, 2024\/1. 133\u2013145.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"abstract\">Abstract<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Mob justice is seen to be an emerging concern in South Asia recently. In many sensitive cases, we witnessed mob violence specially against political figures. Mob violence is an extraordinary act by a large group of people that disregards the rule of law in an attempt to enforce their own form of justice. This paper explores the complex phenomenon of mob justice, examining its legal, social, and ethical implications. It begins by defining mob justice and its psychological underpinnings, particularly focusing on deindividuation and the loss of personal accountability that often accompany collective actions. The discussion highlights the erosion of the rule of law and the potential for wrongful punishment, alongside the detrimental effects on community trust and the long-term consequences for both victims and perpetrators. Another focusing point of this paper is to investigate whether recourse to mob justice serves a legitimate purpose. Ultimately, it calls for a balanced approach to justice that upholds the rule of law while addressing community grievances, urging policymakers and communities to work collaboratively towards sustainable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pdf\">Full text<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.proveritate.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Mahtab-T-Shultana-S-The-Thin-Line-Between-Justice-and-Chaos-Exploring-Mob-Justice_lezart2.pdf\">PDF (English)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hivatk\">References<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Abrahams, Ray: <em>What\u2019s in a Name? Some Thoughts on the Vocabulary of Vigilantism and Related Forms of \u2018Informal Criminal Justice\u2019<\/em>. In Feenan, Dermot (ed.): Informal Criminal Justice. 1st edition. London, Ashgate, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baksi, Sandipan \u2013 Nagarajan, Aravindhan: Mob lynchings in India: A look at data and the story behind the numbers. <em>Newslaundry<\/em>, July 4. 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barron, Patrick John \u2013 Madden, David: <em>Violence and conflict resolution in non-conflict regions: The case of Lampung Indonesia<\/em>. Jakarta, World Bank, 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berlian \u2013 Henny Saida Flora: Analysis Criminology the Vigilante Act That Led to Death. <em>Journal of Education and Social Science<\/em>, 2021\/1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chakma, Prattayee: Mob violence on rise, 32 lynched in 6 months. <em>New Age<\/em>, July 5. 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chandra, Rakesh:The Menacing Growth of Mob Lynching: A Study in Indian Legal Perspective. <em>Journal of Legal Studies and Research<\/em>. 2018\/4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chu\u0142ek, Magdalena: Mob justice and everyday life: The case of Nairobi\u2019s Kibera and Korogocho slums.<em> African studies,<\/em> 2018\/3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooper-Knock, Sarah-Jane: Policing in intimate crowds: Moving beyond \u2018the mob\u2019 in South Africa. <em>African Affairs<\/em>, 2014\/453.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi: <em>Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution: Mob Justice and Police in Petrograd.<\/em> The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnston, Les: What is vigilantism? <em>The British Journal of Criminology<\/em>, 1996\/2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morris, Christopher W.: <em>An Essay on the Modern State.<\/em> Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tchawouo Mbiada, Carlos Joel \u2013 Sithuga, Ndivho Percy: Does mob justice fit the conceptual theory of justice?<em> <\/em><em>International Journal of Research In Business and Social Science<\/em>, 2023\/5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tewari, Saswata: Fake news, mob lynching, cow vigilantism: Tehseen S. Poonawalla case. <em>Ipleaders<\/em>, August 30. 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thurston, Robert W.: <em>Lynching: American Mob Murder in Gglobal Perspective<\/em>. London, Routledge, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alarming spike in mob justice. <em>Dhaka Tribune<\/em>, July 22. 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>African Charter 1981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archbishop Raphael Cheenath S.V.D. vs. State of Orissa and Another, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 404 of 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandini Sundar &amp; Ors vs State of Chattisgarh, AIR 2011 SUPREME COURT 2839, 2011 (7) SCC 547, 2011 AIR SCW 4141, (2011) 6 SCALE 839, (2011) 2 SCALE 37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican Constitution of Ghana 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riggins v. United States, (1905) 199 U.S. 547.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tehseen S. Poonawalla vs. Union of India &amp; Ors., AIR 2018 SC 3354, (2018) 9 SCC 501, [2018] 9 SCR 291, 2018 4 AWC 4307 SC, 2018 INSC 617, 2018 (9) SCALE 4, 2019 (3) SCJ 117.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Penal Code of Bangladesh, 1860.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Universal 1Declaration of Human Rights 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilson v. Garcia (1985) 471 U.S. 261.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"copyright\">Copyright<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>(C) Pro Veritate Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(C) Authors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Human and Law (Ember \u00e9s Jog) is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proveritate.hu\/index.php\/human-and-law-publication-and-ethical-policies\/#openaccess\">Open Access<\/a> journal. 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Authors Md. Tanvir Mahtab Lecturer Department of Law, Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh ORCID iD: 0009-0001-3629-6769 Sadia Shultana Research Associate Law Bridge, Dhaka, Bangladesh How to cite MAHTAB, Tanvir \u2013 SHULTANA, Sadia: The Thin Line Between Justice and Chaos: Exploring Mob Justice. Ember \u00e9s Jog, 2024\/1. 133\u2013145. Abstract Mob justice is seen to be an emerging concern in South Asia recently. In many sensitive cases, we witnessed mob violence specially against political figures. Mob violence is an extraordinary act by a large group of people that disregards the rule of law in an attempt to enforce their own form of justice. This paper explores the complex phenomenon of mob justice, examining its legal, social, and ethical implications. It begins by defining mob justice and its psychological underpinnings, particularly focusing on deindividuation and the loss of personal accountability that often accompany collective actions. The discussion highlights the erosion of the rule of law and the potential for wrongful punishment, alongside the detrimental effects on community trust and the long-term consequences for both victims and perpetrators. Another focusing point of this paper is to investigate whether recourse to mob justice serves a legitimate purpose. Ultimately, it calls for a balanced approach to justice that upholds the rule of law while addressing community grievances, urging policymakers and communities to work collaboratively towards sustainable solutions. Full text References Abrahams, Ray: What\u2019s in a Name? Some Thoughts on the Vocabulary of Vigilantism and Related Forms of \u2018Informal Criminal Justice\u2019. In Feenan, Dermot (ed.): Informal Criminal Justice. 1st edition. London, Ashgate, 2002. Baksi, Sandipan \u2013 Nagarajan, Aravindhan: Mob lynchings in India: A look at data and the story behind the numbers. Newslaundry, July 4. 2017. Barron, Patrick John \u2013 Madden, David: Violence and conflict resolution in non-conflict regions: The case of Lampung Indonesia. Jakarta, World Bank, 2004. Berlian \u2013 Henny Saida Flora: Analysis Criminology the Vigilante Act That Led to Death. Journal of Education and Social Science, 2021\/1. Chakma, Prattayee: Mob violence on rise, 32 lynched in 6 months. New Age, July 5. 2024. Chandra, Rakesh:The Menacing Growth of Mob Lynching: A Study in Indian Legal Perspective. Journal of Legal Studies and Research. 2018\/4. Chu\u0142ek, Magdalena: Mob justice and everyday life: The case of Nairobi\u2019s Kibera and Korogocho slums. African studies, 2018\/3. Cooper-Knock, Sarah-Jane: Policing in intimate crowds: Moving beyond \u2018the mob\u2019 in South Africa. African Affairs, 2014\/453. Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi: Crime and Punishment in the Russian Revolution: Mob Justice and Police in Petrograd. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017. Johnston, Les: What is vigilantism? The British Journal of Criminology, 1996\/2. Morris, Christopher W.: An Essay on the Modern State. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Tchawouo Mbiada, Carlos Joel \u2013 Sithuga, Ndivho Percy: Does mob justice fit the conceptual theory of justice? International Journal of Research In Business and Social Science, 2023\/5. Tewari, Saswata: Fake news, mob lynching, cow vigilantism: Tehseen S. Poonawalla case. Ipleaders, August 30. 2024. Thurston, Robert W.: Lynching: American Mob Murder in Gglobal Perspective. London, Routledge, 2011. Alarming spike in mob justice. Dhaka Tribune, July 22. 2019. African Charter 1981. Archbishop Raphael Cheenath S.V.D. vs. State of Orissa and Another, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 404 of 2008. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966. Nandini Sundar &amp; Ors vs State of Chattisgarh, AIR 2011 SUPREME COURT 2839, 2011 (7) SCC 547, 2011 AIR SCW 4141, (2011) 6 SCALE 839, (2011) 2 SCALE 37. Republican Constitution of Ghana 1992. Riggins v. United States, (1905) 199 U.S. 547. Tehseen S. Poonawalla vs. Union of India &amp; Ors., AIR 2018 SC 3354, (2018) 9 SCC 501, [2018] 9 SCR 291, 2018 4 AWC 4307 SC, 2018 INSC 617, 2018 (9) SCALE 4, 2019 (3) SCJ 117. The Penal Code of Bangladesh, 1860. Universal 1Declaration of Human Rights 1948. Wilson v. Garcia (1985) 471 U.S. 261. Copyright (C) Pro Veritate Association (C) Authors The Human and Law (Ember \u00e9s Jog) is an Open Access journal. This supports free and immediate access to&nbsp;the articles. 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