The Law and Other Things Blog has run a book discussion on Julia Stephen’s Governing Islam: Law, Empire and Secularism in South Asia. The essays, in chronological order, are below: Introduction (by Rohit De) Crisis of …
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Gautam Bhatia’s “Offend, Shock or Disturb” – A Review
Guest Post by Adithya Reddy Gautam Bhatia’s book on free speech is a first of its kind work on any Part III right. It will be indispensable reading for any future research on the constitutional history of …
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Macaulay revisited
1 . 1,Codification, Macaulay and the Indian Penal Code: The Legacies and Modern Challenges of Criminal Law Reform edited by Wing-Cheong Chan, Barry Wright and Stanley Yeo, Ashgate, 2011. (hereafter referred to as Codification in this review). …
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In defence of self-regulation
The launch of the second edition of Madhavi’s book recently in New Delhi created quite an excitement about the contents of the book, with Soli Sorabjee, who has written the foreword, describing it as an …
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New Book — Intellectual Property Rights: Infringement and Remedies
Ananth Padmanabhan, a Madras High Court advocate, has authored a most interesting book about intellectual property remedies. With over 700 pages of commentary and several annexes, Ananth’s book marks an important contribution to Indian intellectual-property scholarship. Beset …
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Review of George H.Gadbois Jr.’s book
By Arushi Garg Judges of the Supreme Court of India (1950-1989) by George H. Gadbois, Jr.,(OUP, 2011) seeks to study the background and life of the ninety three judges who were elevated to the Supreme …
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Judges of Indian Supreme Court: Beyond biography?
George Gadbois’ book on Supreme Court Judges is bound to invite mixed reactions from readers. My review is no exception. I welcome reviews by other contributors as well.
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A new era begins in Egypt
As Egypt begins its post-Mubarak era, the successful revolution is sure to leave many bewildered. Till recently, political scientists hardly considered Egypt a possible candidate for a successful revolution, with many characteristics of historical revolutions …
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Politics of Judiciary
My review of B.Sen’s fascinating memoirs appeared in Frontline recently. While Sen has been candid about some of his contemporaries, he has carefully avoided mentioning names, while dealing with the Court’s immediate past.
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Frontline on Ayodhya judgment
Frontline’s latest cover story is a comprehensive analysis of the Lucknow Bench’s judgment. Among the articles are those written by A.G.Noorani and me here and here. Interviews with Zafaryab Jilani, Ravishankar Prasad, Rajeev Dhavan, and …
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