This thesis examines historical transformation through the prism of legal transformation. The
central question it addresses is: what is the nature of historical and legal transformation …

The interaction of law and society in India has been determined by historical experiences
during the passage from colonialism to nationalism. In the course of this passage, the …

Ever since its establishment, rule through legal governance had been the characteristic
feature of the British empire in India. In the British colonial perception, legality was viewed in …

Like every mother wants her child to imbibe certain ideals, character for life, our constitution
framers also desired certain ideals, character and values for our society. The preamble to …

This paper dispels the myth of liberal Enlightenment in relation to penal law reforms in
colonial India by advancing two sets of argument. First, the liberal project of codification on …

LAW, IN the opinion of Roscoe Pound, is" a social institution to satisfy social wants", and an
instrument of social engineering. It is inextricably connected with society, both regulating …

Fate conferred on our jurisprudential centre in Sydney the privilege of providing the
fellowship in which Rene Marcic spent the last phase of his dedicated and richly productive …

Law can be used a powerful instrument to bring change in the society. It is an effective
weapon to criminalize anti-social activities in the society. Law can be agent of injecting direct …

As social change/reproduction is not affected by any single social stratum in isolation,
different strata perceive social forces differently, depending on their location in the existing …

Discourses on natural law have spanned aeons' of human history and it has remained a
recurring decimal in jurisprudential thoughts till date. In its chequered history, it has taken on …