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Rohit De

Associate Research Scholar in Law, Yale Law School

Introduction to a Book Discussion on Jeffrey Redding’s A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India

On October 14, 2020 By Rohit De In Editor's Choice

(Over the next few days, we will run a book discussion on Jeffrey A. Redding’s A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India. This is the introductory post by Professor Rohit De) Whether from the perspective …

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Book Cover of The Truth Machines

Introduction to a Book Discussion on Jinee Lokaneeta’s The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India

On July 4, 2020 By Rohit De In Book Review, Books, Courts, Criminal Law, Editor's Choice, Evidence

(Over the next few days, the Law and Other Things Blog will run a book discussion on Jinee Lokaneeta’s The Truth Machines: Policing, Violence, and Scientific Interrogations in India. This is the introductory post by …

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Introduction to a Book Discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia

On July 1, 2019 By Rohit De In Book Review, Governance, Religion

(Over the next few days, the Law and Other Things Blog will run a book discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia. This is the introductory post by Professor Rohit De.) …

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The Historical Distrust of Arbitration in India

On March 19, 2017 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

I wanted to bring the readers attention to Parul Kumar’s new article on the treatment of substantive allegations of fraud in arbitration, published in Arbitration International, a journal published by the  London Court of International …

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Legal Consciousness in Medieval India

On September 24, 2015 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

One of the major challenges for Indian legal historians has been to try and understand the legal systems of pre-colonial India. For a variety of reasons, there are no surviving central court archives or large …

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The Supreme Court of Pakistan Recognizes “Basic Stucture”

On August 8, 2015 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

13 out of 17 judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan held that the Supreme Court has intrinsic powers to review the constitutionality of a constitutional amendment. While the “basic structure” doctrine had been argued …

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The Restoration of Chief Justice

On January 28, 2015 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

In a dramatic move the newly elected President of Sri Lanak asked deposed Chief Justice Shirani Bandarakanayake to “resume” her duties as Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. Chief Justice Bandaranayake had been removed following the …

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Lawyers of Delhi

On January 16, 2015 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

The Pathe’ film archive has wonderful clips from Delhi in 1947. I came across this silent clip on the courts in Delhi in 1947, to my knowledge, the only visual documentation that we have of …

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PhD Scholarship on Global Law and Society at Queen Mary’s, London

On June 11, 2014 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

A Studentship in Law and Society in a Global Context at Queen Mary The Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC), part of the Department of Law, is offering a PhD Studentship …

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Religion and Caste in the Constituent Assembly

On March 29, 2014 By Rohit De In Uncategorized

In the current issue of EPW, Rowena Robinson in an article titled, “Minority Rights vs Caste Claims: Indian Christians and the Predicament of Law” turns to the Constituent Assembly debates to explore how dalit Christians …

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