Law and Criminology

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....

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Islamic law is one of the major legal systems in the world today, yet it is often misunderstood, particularly in the West. It is applicable in different forms as part of state law in countries...

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

About the Book Private law governs our most pervasive relationships with other people: the wrongs we do to one another, the property we own and exclude from others' use, the contracts we make and break, and the benefits realized at another's expen...

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 ...

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...

Sale of goods is a classical field of law and principles constituting it have been there forever. Developed as a text, this book studies the principles from a contemporary perspective, explores the relationship among them, and knits them together....

Law and violence are thought to share an antithetical relationship in postcolonial modernity. Violence is considered the other of law, lawlessness is understood to produce violence, and law is invoked and deployed to undo the violence of lawlessne...