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Month: December 2008

Lessons from the new UK Supreme Court?

On December 6, 2008 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

The United Kingdom will get a new Supreme Court in late 2009 to replace the appellate committee of the House of Lords, as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act of 2005. The evolution of …

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Diplomacy: The New Opium for the Masses

On December 4, 2008 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

Some of you might have heard of virtual reality software (here is one example) where whoever signs up is given an avatar that does all the things that real people do and much more – …

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Paradigms of Judicial Independence

On December 4, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

I am glad to post here the lecture delivered by the former Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S.Verma recently at Patna. Justice Verma, the author of the Supreme Court’s Judgment in the Second Judges case …

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Salve at Oxford – Terrorism and (a political analysis of) PILs

On December 4, 2008 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Mr Harish Salve, former Solicitor-General, gave a talk last night (03 December 2008) at Exeter College, Oxford. The two themes he discussed are summarised below: On terrorism:Mr. Salve noted that this attack has been perceived …

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A milestone in Centre-State relations

On December 4, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

The media almost missed to report a significant recent milestone in the evolution of Centre-State relations in India until I brought it to the public domain in this article (pp.99-101).

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BOOK REVIEWS

On December 3, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

In this book review, I have reviewed two recent books, written by O.Chinnappa Reddy and Shanti Bhushan, mentioned on this blog a few days ago. It is difficult, for space reasons, to be exhaustive in …

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Search for an effective counter-terrorism strategy

On December 3, 2008 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

In this recent article, (p.27-28) I have dealt with the obfuscation of the debate on counter-terrorism, and found greater merit in the institutional response which Kapil Sibal once articulated in an article, inviting critical comments …

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Mumbai attacks: Why calling it “India’s 9/11” is problematic

On December 3, 2008 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Indian Express features an op-ed by Darryl Li – who is part of the legal team that is defending the Guantanamo detainees – addressing the point raised in this post’s heading. Li’s analysis is …

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Legal and Economic Fallout of Mumbai Attacks

On December 2, 2008 By Umakanth Varottil In Uncategorized

The key question being posed in legal and financial circles relates to the extent of insurance coverage for loss caused by terror attacks, and also the related liability of various state and private actors involved. …

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Indian Legal Academia: Evolution of Phase 3?

On December 1, 2008 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

I recently joined the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, ranked as one of the top five law schools in India (along with NLS (Bangalore), Nalsar (Hyderabad), NLIU (Bhopal) and NLU (Jodhpur)). Many friends …

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