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An Independent, Colonial Judiciary

Author : Abhinav Chandrachud
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199089485
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book An Independent, Colonial Judiciary written by Abhinav Chandrachud and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2012, the Bombay High Court celebrated the 150th year of its existence. As one of three high courts first set up in colonial India in 1862, it functioned as a court of original and appellate jurisdiction during the British Raj for over 80 years, occupying the topmost rung of the judicial hierarchy in the all-important Bombay Presidency. Yet, remarkably little is known of how the court functioned during the colonial era. The historiography of the court is quite literally anecdotal. The most well known books written on the history of the court focus on humorous (at times, possibly apocryphal) stories about 'eminent' judges and 'great' lawyers, bordering on hagiography. Examining the backgrounds and lives of the 83 judges-Britons and Indians-who served on the Bombay High Court during the colonial era, and by exploring the court's colonial past, this book attempts to understand why British colonial institutions like the Bombay High Court flourished even after India became independent. In the process, this book will attempt to unravel complex changes which took place in Indian society, the legal profession, the law, and the legal culture during the colonial era.

An Independent, Colonial Judiciary

Author : Abhinav Chandrachud
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199085330
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book An Independent, Colonial Judiciary written by Abhinav Chandrachud and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Independent Judiciary

Author : Joseph Henry Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book An Independent Judiciary written by Joseph Henry Smith and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Distinct Judicial Power

Author : Scott Douglas Gerber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019978096X
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book A Distinct Judicial Power written by Scott Douglas Gerber and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Distinct Judicial Power: The Origins of an Independent Judiciary, 1606-1787, by Scott Douglas Gerber, provides the first comprehensive critical analysis of the origins of judicial independence in the United States. Part I examines the political theory of an independent judiciary. Gerber begins chapter 1 by tracing the intellectual origins of a distinct judicial power from Aristotle's theory of a mixed constitution to John Adams's modifications of Montesquieu. Chapter 2 describes the debates during the framing and ratification of the federal Constitution regarding the independence of the federal judiciary. Part II, the bulk of the book, chronicles how each of the original thirteen states and their colonial antecedents treated their respective judiciaries. This portion, presented in thirteen separate chapters, brings together a wealth of information (charters, instructions, statutes, etc.) about the judicial power between 1606 and 1787, and sometimes beyond. Part III, the concluding segment, explores the influence the colonial and early state experiences had on the federal model that followed and on the nature of the regime itself. It explains how the political theory of an independent judiciary examined in Part I, and the various experiences of the original thirteen states and their colonial antecedents chronicled in Part II, culminated in Article III of the U.S. Constitution. It also explains how the principle of judicial independence embodied by Article III made the doctrine of judicial review possible, and committed that doctrine to the protection of individual rights.

A Distinct Judicial Power

Author : Scott Douglas Gerber
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199765871
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book A Distinct Judicial Power written by Scott Douglas Gerber and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides a comprehensive critical analysis of the origins of judicial independence in the United States. The book examines the political theory of an independent judiciary and chronicles how each of the original 13 states and their colonial antecedents treated their respective judiciaries.

Challenged Justice: In Pursuit of Judicial Independence

Author : Shimon Shetreet
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004421556
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Challenged Justice: In Pursuit of Judicial Independence written by Shimon Shetreet and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers articles by senior jurists on important aspects of judicial independence and judicial process in many jurisdictions, including indicators of justice. It comes at the time of serious challenges to the judiciary, the rule of law and democracy.

The Rule of Law and Emergency in Colonial India

Author : Haruki Inagaki
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783030736651
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (366 download)

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Book Synopsis The Rule of Law and Emergency in Colonial India by : Haruki Inagaki

Download or read book The Rule of Law and Emergency in Colonial India written by Haruki Inagaki and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2022-10-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a closer look at colonial despotism in early nineteenth-century India and argues that it resulted from Indians’ forum shopping, the legal practice which resulted in jurisdictional jockeying between an executive, the East India Company, and a judiciary, the King’s Court. Focusing on the collisions that took place in Bombay during the 1820s, the book analyses how Indians of various descriptions—peasants, revenue defaulters, government employees, merchants, chiefs, and princes—used the court to challenge the government (and vice versa) and demonstrates the mechanism through which the lawcourt hindered the government’s indirect rule, which relied on local Indian rulers in newly conquered territories. The author concludes that existing political anxiety justified the East India Company’s attempt to curtail the power of the court and strengthen their own power to intervene in emergencies through the renewal of the company’s charter in 1834. An insightful read for those researching Indian history and judicial politics, this book engages with an understudied period of British rule in India, where the royal courts emerged as sites of conflict between the East India Company and a variety of Indian powers.

The People’s Courts

Author : Jed Handelsman Shugerman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674055483
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book The People’s Courts written by Jed Handelsman Shugerman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. In the past decade, this peculiarly American institution has produced vicious multi-million-dollar political election campaigns and high-profile allegations of judicial bias and misconduct. The People’s Courts traces the history of judicial elections and Americans’ quest for an independent judiciary—one that would ensure fairness for all before the law—from the colonial era to the present. In the aftermath of economic disaster, nineteenth-century reformers embraced popular elections as a way to make politically appointed judges less susceptible to partisan patronage and more independent of the legislative and executive branches of government. This effort to reinforce the separation of powers and limit government succeeded in many ways, but it created new threats to judicial independence and provoked further calls for reform. Merit selection emerged as the most promising means of reducing partisan and financial influence from judicial selection. It too, however, proved vulnerable to pressure from party politics and special interest groups. Yet, as Shugerman concludes, it still has more potential for protecting judicial independence than either political appointment or popular election. The People’s Courts shows how Americans have been deeply committed to judicial independence, but that commitment has also been manipulated by special interests. By understanding our history of judicial selection, we can better protect and preserve the independence of judges from political and partisan influence.

Supreme Court of India

Author : George H. Gadbois
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199093180
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Supreme Court of India written by George H. Gadbois and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading expert on Indian judiciary, George Gadbois offers a compelling biography of the Supreme Court of India, a powerful institution. Written and researched when he was a graduate student in the 1960s, this book provides the first comprehensive account of the Court’s foundation and early years. Gadbois opens with Hari Singh Gour’s proposal in 1921 to establish an indigenous ultimate court of appeal. After analyzing events preceding the Federal Court’s creation under the Government of India Act, 1935, Gadbois explores the Court’s largely overlooked role and record. He goes on to discuss the Constituent Assembly’s debates about Indian judiciary and the Supreme Court’s powers and jurisdiction under the Constitution. He pays particular attention to the history and practice of judicial appointments in India. In the book’s later chapters, Gadbois assesses the functioning of the Supreme Court during its first decade and a half. He critically analyzes its first decisions on free speech, equality and reservations, preventive detention, and the right to property. The book is an institutional tour de force beginning with the Federal Court’s establishment in December 1937, through the Supreme Court’s inauguration in January 1950, and until the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in May 1964.

Colonial Justice and Decolonization in the High Court of Tanzania, 1920-1971

Author : Ellen R. Feingold
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319696912
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Colonial Justice and Decolonization in the High Court of Tanzania, 1920-1971 written by Ellen R. Feingold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first study of the development and decolonization of a British colonial high court in Africa. It traces the history of the High Court of Tanzania from its establishment in 1920 to the end of its institutional process of decolonization in 1971. This process involved disentangling the High Court from colonial state structures and imperial systems that were built on racial inequality while simultaneously increasing the independence of the judiciary and application of British judicial principles. Feingold weaves together the rich history of the Court with a discussion of its judges – both as members of the British Colonial Legal Service and as individuals – to explore the impacts and intersections of imperial policies, national politics, and individual initiative. Colonial Justice and Decolonization in the High Court of Tanzania is a powerful reminder of the crucial roles played by common law courts in the operation and legitimization of both colonial and post-colonial states.

The Informal Constitution

Author : Abhinav Chandrachud
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190992999
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Informal Constitution written by Abhinav Chandrachud and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 addition to the Chief Justice of India. But who are these judges, and where did they come from? Its central thesis is that despite all established formal constitutional requirements, there are three informal criteria which are used for appointing judges to the Supreme Court: age, seniority, and diversity. The author examines debates surrounding the Indian judicial system since the institution of the federal court during the British Raj. This leads to a study of the political developments that resulted in the present 'collegium system' of appointing judges to the Supreme Court of India. Based on more than two dozen interviews personally conducted by the author with former judges of the Supreme Court of India, this book uniquely brings to the fore the unwritten criteria that have determined the selection of judges to the highest court of law in this country for over six decades.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Author : John J. Hare
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 027108197X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania written by John J. Hare and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1684, over a century before the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is the oldest appellate court in North America. This balanced, comprehensive history of the Court examines over three centuries of legal proceedings and cases before the body, the controversies and conflicts with which it dealt, and the impact of its decisions and of the case law its justices created Introduced by constitutional scholar Ken Gormley, this volume describes the Supreme Court’s structure and powers and focuses at length on the Court’s work in deciding notable cases of constitutional law, civil rights, torts, criminal law, labor law, and administrative law. Through three sections, “The Structure and Powers of the Supreme Court,” “Decisional Law of the Supreme Court,” and “Reporting Supreme Court Decisions,” the contributors address the many ways in which the Court and its justices have shaped life and law in Pennsylvania and beyond. They consider how it has adjudicated new and complex issues arising from some of the most notable events and tragedies in American history, including the struggle for religious liberty in colonial Pennsylvania, the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Johnstown Flood, the Homestead Steel Strike and other labor conflicts, both World Wars, and, more recently, the dramatic rise of criminal procedural rights and the expansion of tort law. Featuring an afterword by Chief Justice Saylor and essays by leading jurists, deans, law and history professors, and practicing attorneys, this fair-minded assessment of the Court is destined to become a criterion volume for lawmakers, scholars, and anyone interested in legal history in the Keystone State and the United States.

Colonial Justice in Virginia

Author : George Lewis Chumbley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Colonial Justice in Virginia written by George Lewis Chumbley and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Law and Custom in Korea

Author : Marie Seong-Hak Kim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139536346
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Law and Custom in Korea written by Marie Seong-Hak Kim and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets forth the evolution of Korea's law and legal system from the Chosǒn dynasty through the colonial and postcolonial modern periods. This is the first book in English that comprehensively studies Korean legal history in comparison with European legal history, with particular emphasis on customary law. Korea's passage to Romano-German civil law under Japanese rule marked a drastic departure from its indigenous legal tradition. The transplantation of modern civil law in Korea was facilitated by Japanese colonial jurists who created a Korean customary law; this constructed customary law served as an intermediary regime between tradition and the demands of modern law. The transformation of Korean law by the forces of Westernisation points to new interpretations of colonial history and presents an intriguing case for investigating the spread of law on a global level. In-depth discussions of French customary law and Japanese legal history also provide a solid conceptual framework suitable for comparing European and East Asian legal traditions.

Courts

Author : Martin Shapiro
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022616134X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Courts written by Martin Shapiro and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative work, Martin Shapiro proposes an original model for the study of courts, one that emphasizes the different modes of decision making and the multiple political roles that characterize the functioning of courts in different political systems.

Asian Courts in Context

Author : Jiunn-rong Yeh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107066085
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Asian Courts in Context written by Jiunn-rong Yeh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes courts in fourteen selected Asian jurisdictions to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive interdisciplinary book available.

Modernisation, National Identity and Legal Instrumentalism (Vol. II: Public Law)

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004417354
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Modernisation, National Identity and Legal Instrumentalism (Vol. II: Public Law) written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, one of two volumes, is an anthology that analyses, through selected examples, the role played in the development of public law by the pursuit of goals serving modernisation or national ideologies in various countries, cultural spheres, and periods.