Contents of Articles
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A REVOLUTION JACOBIN IN ITS DISDAIN FOR PRECEDENT
[January 15, 2008]
The Supreme Court Phalanx, an article by Prof Ronald Dworkin. Reprinted by special permission to the BBA from the New York Review of Books, this extraordinary and scathing article by Prof Ronald Dworkin argues that…[More]
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AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY: ARTICLE BY AG NOORANI
[December 13, 2004]
On March 6, 2003, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Justice B. Subhashan Reddy, delivered this threat in open court: “We will have to close down the courts. We will say the government…[More]
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ARTICLE SYNDICATION FROM MYLAW.NET
[August 19, 2011]
The Bar Association introduces a web-only tie-up with MyLaw.net, an initiative of Rainmaker. We plan to carry short synopses of articles of interest to our members and which are published on MyLaw, with click-through links…[More]
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ARTICLE: SUBSTITUTE ADVOCATES
[August 19, 2011]
What authority enables one advocate appear on behalf on another in proceedings before a court, where the former has not been specifically authorised to appear by the client? Juniors, associates, and ‘brother lawyers’ appear on…[More]
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ARTICLE: THE DARKEST HOUR
[August 19, 2011]
In one of the biggest paradoxes of modern India, (Retd.) Justice P.N. Bhagwati, a champion of human rights law and Public Interest Litigation, is also believed to have put the final nail in the coffin…[More]
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BOOKWORM
[September 1, 2011]
To many people at NLSIU, the library, a monstrous building, is a necessary evil and an unpopular place to visit. Geetha Hariharan explains on mylaw.net why the library is a beautiful place; a haven for…[More]
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BROADCASTING LAW
[June 28, 2004]
The Government’s monopoly on broadcast rights must go, argues Madhavi Divan in her article, The Telecast Struggle: A Sorry Spectacle in the June 14, 2004 issue of Supreme Court Cases. Divan takes the view that…[More]
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DECISION FATIGUE
[September 4, 2011]
John Tierney | NY Times | 17 August 2011 Three men doing time in Israeli prisons recently appeared before a parole board consisting of a judge, a criminologist and a social worker. The three prisoners…[More]
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LAW AND LITERATURE
[September 1, 2011]
Several noted authors in history have been lawyers or law students. Kafka was a small time legal clerk. Shakespeare’s discussions on law and politics are very impressive. Men like Nehru, a consummate historian, or Gandhi…[More]
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NEW YORK TIMES: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS PIL
[December 7, 2008]
An article, Mumbai Attacks Politicize Long-Isolated Elite, that appeared in the New York Times on Sunday, 7 December 2008 refers extensively to the PIL filed by the Society of Indian Lawyers and others. M/s Amarchand…[More]
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NOT ENOUGH LAWYERS?
[September 3, 2011]
“OVERLAWYERED” is the name of a widely read blog on America’s legal system, and many Americans feel that way. Yet three economists think the country is actually plagued by too few lawyers, not too many…[More]
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THE SUPREME COURT PHALANX
[January 15, 2008]
By Ronald Dworkin 1. Anthony Kennedy by David LevineThe revolution that many commentators predicted when President Bush appointed two ultra-right-wing Supreme Court justices is proceeding with breathtaking impatience, and it is a revolution Jacobin in…[More]
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