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Dignity on Trial: Human Rights Watch Report on Conducting and Interpreting Forensic Examinations of Rape Survivors

On September 23, 2010 By Lawrence Liang In Uncategorized

Human Rights Watch has released a comprehensive report “Dignity on Trial” on the use of forensic evidence in rape trials. The report compiled by Aruna Kashyap has also been covered by the New York Times. …

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Bollywood and the Rule of Law

On September 16, 2010 By Vikram Raghavan In Uncategorized

In this fascinating paper, Michael Hoffheimer surveys the changing treatment of law and lawyers from Saratchandra’s original novels Devdas and Parineeta, Bimal Roy’s classic film dramatizations of the 50s, and the 2002 and 2005 hits. …

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Round 2 of HRD Ministry v. Pratap Mehta

On September 16, 2010 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

Pratap Mehta recently wrote on stinging piece on the need for “introspection” in the HRD ministry in The Indian Express. I don’t know enough to judge the substance, but the tone of the article is …

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Public Health Exclusions Under Patent Law

On September 14, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

At the start of this year, WIPO (World IP Organisation) commissioned a group of us (under the stewardship of Professor Lionel Bently, the famed Cambridge IP don and co-author of the leading treatise: Bently and …

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Ask, and You Shall Receive

On September 10, 2010 By Abhinav Chandrachud In Uncategorized

The September 9 opinion of the United States District Court (Central District of California) in the case of Log Cabin Republicans v. USA is available here. In its 85 page opinion, the court found fault …

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Naz and Comparative Constitutional Law

On September 9, 2010 By Madhav Khosla In Uncategorized

Sujit Choudhry, one of the leading figures in the field of comparative constitutional law, has just made available on ssrn a wonderful paper titled ‘How to Do Comparative Constitutional Law in India: Naz Foundation, Same …

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Invalid Appointments and the De Facto Doctrine

On September 7, 2010 By Shamnad Basheer In Uncategorized

A writ petition was filed recently challenging the legality of the appointment of the current chairman of the Copyright Board, Raghbir Singh. The writ came up before Justice Sikri of the Delhi High Court yesterday …

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From the latest Frontline

On September 7, 2010 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

*Frontline’s latest issue has a detailed expose of how the Hindustan Unilever is avoiding its responsibilities to its workers exposed to mercury in the thermometer factory it owned in Kodaikanal,in the cover story written by …

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Academic Misconduct Survey for Law Students

On September 6, 2010 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

Aditya Singh and Jonathan Gingerich, Student Empirical Research Fellows at the Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession are conducting empirical research on the prevalence and causes of academic misconduct by students in Indian …

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JGLR Call for Papers

On September 4, 2010 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

The Jindal Global Law Review is inviting submissions for its March 2011 issue on the theme “The Changing Role of Law in Asia: Revolution or Devolution?” The issue will explore the effect of the evolution …

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