Michael Dorf, Professor of Law at the Cornell Law School, has written a succinct and interesting piece analyzing the right to privacy judgment delivered on August 24th. In his column, Professor Dorf studies various aspects …
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Guest Post: The Perils of Judicial Impulsiveness
Guest Post by Venkat Iyer To say that there has been an alarming fall in the standards of competence and integrity among judges in India in recent decades would, as an exercise in understatement, be …
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Tampon Taxes in India
I wrote a short piece for the Feminist Law Professors Blog on the issue of taxation of sanitary napkins and tampons in India. Writing for a largely foreign audience, I provide an overview of the controversy …
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Call for Applications: Short-term research stipends for emerging legal scholars from India
The Chair for Public and Comparative Law at Humboldt University Berlin together with Dr. Benedikt Naarmann offer short-term research stipends for emerging legal scholars from India, who would like to come to Berlin in order …
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George Gadbois, Scholar of the Indian Judiciary, 1936-2017
George H. Gadbois Jr., the preeminent scholar of India’s judiciary and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, passed away last night at his home in Lexington, Kentucky. He was 80. Born near …
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Economic Survey 2017
Yesterday, the Chief Economic Advisor, Arvind Subramanian, released the Economic Survey 2017. Various chapters of the Survey grapple with issues such as demonetization, federalism, GST, Universal Basic Income, among others. Chapter 11 – entitled ‘One …
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World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law
The World Bank has released the World Development Report 2017 on ‘Governance and the Law’. The official webpage of the report is here. The report itself is available for download here. Chapter 3, on the role of …
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Judicial Reasoning and Judicial Behavior: Studying the Supreme Court of India (Colloquium)
Judicial Reasoning and Judicial Behavior: Studying the Supreme Court of India Colloquium hosted by Center for Public Law and Jurisprudence Jindal Global Law School Call for Papers The role of the Supreme Court of India …
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National Constitutional Law Olympiad
Date : January – February 2017 Nature : Constitutional Law Olympiad Location : First two rounds online and next two at ILS Law College The 1st National Constitutional Law Olympiad is being organised by ILS Law …
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Govindaswamy v. State of Kerala (Soumya Rape Case) – Analysis in the Light of Recent Controversies (Part II)
Guest Post by Akshita Jha In continuance of the Part I on the analysis of this judgment, this part constitutes of the criticism of the judgment and its analysis in the light of the rights …
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