Indian Legal System

Indian Legal System

1 Rule of Law

  1. Diceyโ€™s Thesis on Rule of Law
  2. Rule of Law in India
  3. Rule of Law and Administrative Law in India
  4. The Wider Meaning of Rule of Law
  5. Concerns

2 Constitutional Values

  1. Meaning of Constitution
  2. Constitutional Values
  3. Sovereignty of the People
  4. Separation of Powers
  5. Democracy
  6. Constitutionalism
  7. Republic
  8. Socialist
  9. Secular
  10. Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
  11. Federalism
  12. Independent Judiciary
  13. Fundamental Rights
  14. Directive Principles of State Policy

3 Democracy

  1. What is Democracy?
  2. What does Democracy mean for You and me?
  3. The Role of a Constitution in a Democracy
  4. Distribution of Powers in a Democracy
  5. The Future of Democracy

4 Fundamental Rights

  1. Nature and Scope of our Fundamental Rights
  2. Watching the Watchmen: Whom do We have our Fundamental Rights Against?
  3. Knowing our Rights: What Exactly are these Fundamental Rights?
  4. Is Absolute Equality Desirable?
  5. Be all You Want to Be: The Various Freedoms
  6. Breaking the Shackles: Protection against Exploitation
  7. Higher Development: Religious, Cultural and Educational Rights
  8. Ensuring Justice: Protection in Respect of Conviction for Offences
  9. A Wholesome and Complete Life: The Protection of Life and Personal Liberty
  10. The Heart of our Fundamental Rights: The Right to Constitutional Remedies

5 Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties

  1. Nature and Scope of the Directive Principles of State Policy
  2. The Directive Principles as a Roadmap
  3. Juggling Priorities
  4. Evaluating our Performance
  5. Fundamental Duties

6 Constitutional Remedies

  1. Article 32
  2. The Writs
  3. Article 226

7 Legislature and Executive

  1. Federalism
  2. Legislature
  3. Executive

8 Justice Delivery System

  1. Our Judicial Set Up
  2. Subordinate Courts
  3. High Courts
  4. Supreme Court
  5. Tribunals

9 Human Rights Protection Mechanisms

  1. What are Human Rights?
  2. Principles of Human Rights
  3. International Human Rights Framework
  4. National Normative Framework
  5. National Human Rights Institutions
  6. National Human Rights Commission
  7. Civil Society Initiatives

10 Legal Aid

  1. What is the Right to Legal Aid?
  2. Catalysts: Some Significant Developments
  3. The Legal Services Authority Act 1987 (LSAA)
  4. Lok Adalats
  5. Factors Impacting on Quality of Legal Aid Services
  6. Role of Paralegals

11 Public Interest Litigation

  1. Evolution of Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
  2. Features of PIL
  3. PIL Movement and Rights of the Poor and the Oppressed
  4. PIL and Governance
  5. Promises and Perils of PIL

12 Informal Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

  1. What are Informal Traditional Justice Systems?
  2. Select Traditional Justice Systems
  3. Recent Community-based Informal Justice Systems
  4. Do Traditional Justice Systems Uphold the Rule of Law?
  5. How can Paralegals Engage with Traditional Justice Systems?

13 Right to Information

  1. Evolution of the Right to Information
  2. Purpose of the Right to Information Act 2005
  3. Meaning of โ€˜Informationโ€™ under the Act
  4. Obligations of Public Authorities under the Act
  5. Procedure for Accessing Information Under the Act