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RONALD Goldfarb in his book The Contempt Power referred to a criminal case from mediaeval England as follows: “When King Henry the Fifth was the Prince…

“MAN has the fundamental right to an environment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being.” This extract from the Stockholm…

FOR some people, crime is a rational economic choice; they tactically mix crime with politics for protection and furtherance of their monetary interests; such…

ANCIENT Hittite law commanded: “If anyone questions a decision of the king, his house will become a heap of ruins.” Mere moments after the…

FRANZ Kafka’schef d’oeuvre The Trial portrays the ordeal of Joseph K, who undergoes arbitrary arrest, investigation and prosecution. Throughout the novel, the nature of Joseph’s crime…

N.V. RAMANA, former chief justice of India, observed: “Is the law of sedition still necessary in our country after 75 years of independence? There…

IN the D.K. Basu case, the Indian supreme court, while discussing custodial torture, observed, “Torture is a wound in the soul so painful that…