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, or Dr. B.R. Ambedkar wrote prolifically and on vastly differing topics. Recently, the Supreme Court quoted Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness to illustrate colonisation for mineral wealth. Law students today however, read almost because they have to, not because they like to. Shubhodeep Shome reminds us on myLaw.net that laws are based on texts and that it is disrespectful to treat the message as more important that the messenger.

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