Law and Criminology

Is this sudden overnight metamorphosis; from, yesterdays man with all his ambitions, personal bias and with personal greed and aggrandizement...to a today’s man dispassionate, honest, selfless, unbiased, unruffled by past fads and past likes and d...

An indispensable companion to grasp the fundamentals of Indian Constitution, maintenance of professional ethics and the idea of human rights. Written by closely following the syllabus recommended by UGC and various technical universities, this boo...

This book is based on the doctoral dissertation of the author. After analysing all the important theories of justice, the author erects his own on their grave. This work is a document of a humanistic sense of justice which leans more towards the i...

Most of us have been victims of frauds and related crimes at some point or the other in our lives. We may not have answers to pertinent questions such as: Who is responsible for the fraud committed? Why do people commit white collar crimes? What m...

About the Book There can be no dispute that the judges of the high courts and the Supreme Court of India wield tremendous powers. However, power comes with a price which bestows huge responsibility and calls for strict adherence to dos and don'ts....

Contempt of Court, because of its controversial nature, has created contradictory opinions among the jurists as well as scholars. The contempt jurisprudence with the common law origin has been transmitted into the Indian jurisprudence by the Court...

Although efforts had been made by foreign scholars to analyse and develop this most difficult branch of Constitutional Law, the initiative from Indian authors has been lacking. This is the first book of its kind in India. The book studies each and...

It is important that we recognize the Indian Constitution not only as a legal or moral entity but also as a living organism, sustaining and consolidating our constitutional democracy. Indian Constitution: Text, Context and Interpretation presents ...

This volume, by a leading constitutional expert, is a collection of some of his essays in leading Indian newspapers and periodicals. It covers the politically tumultuous years between 1989 and 1999 and scrutinizes almost every constitutional probl...

About the Book On March 23, 1931, Singh and two associates were hanged, the culmination of the Lahore Conspiracy Case, one of the most controversial, and notorious, trials to take place under the Raj. With a lawyer's insight, Noorani unveils the f...

Triple talaq or talaq-e-bidat, is one of the most debated issues in the Muslim world. From antiquity, the Muslim faith has been plagued by the portrayal of Muslim men regularly misusing this perceived “right” to divorce their wives instantly by si...

Austin's magnum opus tells the very human story of how the social, political, and day-to-day realities of the Indian people have been reflected in and directed the course of constitutional reforms since 1950.

To be assaulted, abused and raped by someone as intimate as a husband, or lover, is the most degrading experience for a woman. Not recognized as ’real’ violence, abuse of this nature is experienced daily by countless women in every culture. Behind...

This book is a unique effort of the author to expose the anomalies prevailing in the judiciary. In fact, the highly appalling issue—justice in time—has long been a matter of great concern not only for the people of India, but of the entire Third W...

The present book The Human Rights is an indepth-systematized study of recent developments, particularly since 1970s, in the international concern for promotion and protection of basic human rights within and beyond national boundaries. This has be...

About the Book Interest in international law has increased greatly over the past decade, largely because of its key role in such hot-button issues such as the Iraq War and Guantanamo, the World Trade Organization and the anti-capitalist movement, ...

Crime is big news. From murder to theft to drug gangs, crime and criminal justice affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Hardly surprisingly, crime has been pushed high up the public policy agenda across the world. But how can we measur...

Written by one of the Supreme Court's most respected judges, this seminal work assesses the collective strength, and fragility, of the Court as an institution of governance in its difficult but exciting journey of nearly six decades. Indispensable...

Supreme But Not Infallible: Essays in Honour of the Supreme Court of India

This book is the first empirical study of police discretion in India. Going beyond anecdotal accounts, it addresses the issues and concerns of arrest discretion behaviour of police with analysis of available literature internationally, testing the...

THREE ESSENTIAL WORKS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND LAW, ONE GREAT OMNIBUS How have Indian laws evolved with regard to women’s rights? What curbs the reach of the progressive laws introduced in India? These three texts highlight the fact that legislatio...

Though "modern Indian law" is actually of Western origin, Galanter here contends that independent India has accepted this mid-twentieth century legal system intellectually and institutionally. His thirteen articles, covering a wide range of issues...

This intensively researched book argues that Hindu Law is an essentially flexible and constantly evolving system, that scholars have wrongly proclaimed it dead and merely a relic of an ancient past. The author contends that Hindu Law is very much ...

Enacted for historical reasons on 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India provided that the Supreme Court of India, situated in New Delhi, was to have one Chief Justice of India, and not more than seven judges. Today, the Court has 33 judges in...

Sports is probably one of the greatest instruments of social cohesion in today’s conflict-stricken world. It has grown from being just an activity for leisure to an activity that is treated as an industry and like all industries, there are innumer...

Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory techniques. In theory, environmental protection is a no br...

This work seeks to determine the roles played by the paramount judiciary in the Indian polity between 1937 and 1964. The discussion starts with an examination of the Federal Court, the establishment of which in 1937 brought into existence Indias f...

Examining the constitutional and legal foundations of the place of religion in India, Articles of Faith studies the relationship between religion and state. It closely analyses the decisions of the Supreme Court from the 1950s on Articles 25–30 of...

This seminal book presents biographical essays for each of the first ninety-three judges who served on the Supreme Court from 1950 through mid-1989. These essays are based on interviews the author conducted with sixty-four of the sixty-eight judge...

Conceptualized outside the theoretical framing of both liberal as well as critical approaches, this book re-imagines the law by exploring the contradictions and polarities of in terms of its relationship with violence. It encompasses and interweav...

Corruption in India has become a growing and pervasive concern. It undermines not only the democratic institutions, but also the social fabric, political and bureaucratic structure of the Indian society. This book examines corruption from a human ...

Fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution of India protect Indian citizens against the misuse of powers by the state. However, for maintaining law and order, the state authorities often disregard important constitutional provisions and comm...

This book examines the constitutional and regulatory frameworks surrounding loan and debt recovery laws in India, focusing on the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002. It e...

Triple talaq, or talaq-e-bidat, is one of the most debated issues not only in India but also in other countries having a sizeable Muslim population. Muslim men have regularly misused this provision to divorce their wives instantly by simply utteri...

About the Book "The three pillars of sustainable development are economic growth, social development and protection of environment and an integration of these pillars is required for national planning and policymaking. The greatest drawback of the...

Human rights enshrined in the Constitution of India protect Indian citizens against misuse of powers by the State and its functionaries. However, detainee rights are often neglected in custody. Arrest and Detention in India: Law, Procedure and Pra...

About the Book The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) judgment, on the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court, has been the subject of a deeply polarized debate in the public sphere and academia. This volume analyses the NJAC jud...

bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b In today's society, work takes up a vast proportion of the time and energy of ordinary people. Although use of the phrase 'work-life balance' is now commonplace in the media and ordinary ...

The European Union is rarely out of the news and, as it deals with the consequences of the Brexit vote and struggles to emerge from the eurozone crisis, it faces difficult questions about its future. In this debate, the law has a central role to p...

General readers interested in the topic, as well as all students of law.

The Human Rights Act (HRA) of the UK, 1998, unlike systems of parliamentary sovereignty and judicial supremacy, promised a new, 'balanced' model for the protection of rights, which conferred courts with limited power of review over legislation. Th...

Judicial Activism in India is a socio-political study of judicial review, tracing the evolution of the Supreme Court of India from a passive, positivist court into an activist, articulating counter-majoritarian checks on democracy.

Assisting students of the English legal system to achieve an excellent understanding of the law, it's institutions and processes, this thoroughly updated eighth edition sets the law and legal system in its social context and outlines a range of cr...

India, till 2002, did not have a law dealing specifically with antitrust issues. It was in this context that a separate law dealing with competition and antitrust issues was considered necessary and the Competition Act, 2002, was passed. Enacted t...

Police Intelligence: Totality of Circumstances is an essential resource and is designed for any individual who may encounter the field of criminal justice, whether the person is a police chief who oversees the department's standard operating proce...

Whether we should obey the law is a question that affects everyone's day-to-day life, from traffic laws to taxes. Most people obey out of habit, but the question remains: why are we morally required to do so? If we fail to obey, the state may enfo...

The Origins of Criminological Theory offers a new sort of theory textbook, both in content and concept. Whereas other texts offer a mainly twentieth century account of criminological theory, this book looks further back, tracing the development of...

This new edition of Jurisprudence brings the book fully up to date and incorporates the following new topics: Utilitarianism, Scandinavian realism, Feminism, Liberalism, the New Critics, and the Hart v Dworkin debate. It also includes a separate c...

This book is designed to introduce readers to cryptoassets (also known as digital assets and cryptocurrencies). The book would be ideal for students, lawyers, technologists and economists interested in Bitcoin, Ether, stablecoins and Central Bank ...

An important classic, familiar to virtually all criminologists, Clinard and Quinney's Criminal Behavior Systems: A Revised Edition begins with a discussion of the construction of types of crime and then formulates and utilizes a useful typology of...

About the Book This new edition contains fifty exam-type questions and answers which incorporate the most recent decisions and statute law on a whole range of tort law topics.

About the Book Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhryâs tenure, from 2005 to 2013, has been characterized by remarkable developments in constitutional politics and the jurisprudence of the apex court. This was also a period o...

Revised, with additional material, this pioneering work updates readers about the latest developments in juvenile justice system in India. The data on children continues to be conspicuous by its absence and the rights approach diluted by welfare p...

About the Book This book is a sweeping indictment of the legal profession in the realm of constitutional interpretation. The adversarial, advocacy-based American legal system is well suited to American justice, in which one-sided arguments collide...

About the Author Prabhash Ranjan teaches at the Faculty of Law, South Asian University, New Delhi, India.

This book captures a stage in the history of the struggle for human rights. The collection of essays encapsulates hopes and critiques of young activists from Armenia, Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Macedonia, Phi...