Legal Language

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Description
It is gratifying that my book "Legal Language" published in 1999 was well received and appreciated all over. Whenever I went to different universities and colleges to participate in seminars and extension lectures, first  year students came to greet me as author of their first year legal language text book. I thank all those teachers and students who studied, followed and gave me suggestions to add and improve.
After several reprints, the book is now thoroughly revised. I have almost all  significant new developments of law including the Constitution (91st Amendment)  Act  (Anti-Defection  Law)  and The Constitution (92nd Amendment) Act, 2004 (Including Bodo and other languages in the Eighth Schedule) to the Constitution of India in January 2004. Some significant expressions from Constitution and Indian Penal Code which a fresh student will come across in the beginning, were chosen and explained.
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Contents
Part I
I.         Law and Legal Language
II.        Rudiments of Law
III.       Sources of Law
IV.       Common Legal Concepts
V.        Personal Laws
VI.       Classification of Law
VII.      Kinds of Legal Rights and Duties
VIII.     Eight Landmark Cases That Shaped The Law
IX.       Mathura, Nirbhaya and Bhanwari Devi: Three Women Who Reshaped the Criminal Law
X.        Changes in Criminal Law in 2018

Part II - Constitution & Other statutes
I.         Constitution of India
II.        Contracts
III.        Transfer of Property Act
IV.        The Law of Evidence
V.         Crimes
VI.        Torts
VII.       Criminal Procedure Code
VIII.      Civil Procedure Code
IX.        Human Rights
X.         Domestic Violence & Rights of Women
XI.        Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques and Female Foeticide
XII.       Right to know - A Human Right
XIII.      Environmental Law
XIV.      Intellectual Property Rights
XV.       Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
XVI.      Legal Services Authority Act, Permanent Lok Adlats
XVII.     E-Governance, Internet, Cyber Crimes & Cyber Law
XVIII.    Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act,2016
XIX.      Goods and Service Tax
XX.       Companies Act, 2013
XXI.      The Law of Insolvency
XXII.      Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
XXIII.    Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens  Act
XXIV.    Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
XXV.     The Protection of Children from sexual Offences (POSCO) Act
XXVI.    The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
XXVII.   Telengana Act
Part III
I.          Literature of Law
Part IV

I.          Fundamental Principles of Legal Writings
II.         General Guidelines Relating to Legal Writing
III.        Research Projects and Assignments
IV.        How to Write a Case Comment
V.         How to Write a Comment on New Legislation
VI.        How to Write a Book Review
VII.       Precis Writing, Identifying Legal Terms and Their Explanation
VIII.      Name the Transaction Legal Terms and Transactions
IX.        Moot Courts
X.         Organising A Case and Argument
XI.        Legal Maxims
Part V
I.          Conveyancing
II.         Pleading
III.        Written Statement
Part VI - Case-Law
I.          Torts
II.         Constitution
III.        Contracts
IV.        Crimes
V.         Legal Terms
VI.        Latin Expressions
VII.       Legal Expressions in Hindi
Subject Index
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Author Details
Dr. Madabhushi Sridhar Acharyulu, (Madabhushi Sridhar)
(born 10-11-1956) son of Freedom Fighter and Journalist Sri M.S. Acharya and Smt. Ranganayakamma, is a post graduate in Law and Journalism, with specialization in Torts and Crimes in Master of Law and a Doctorate on Media Laws. He has also passed with distinction in Master of Communications and Journalism, and been a gold medallist in Law and Journalism. He toured extensively abroad, visited many academia and has undergone training in Advanced techniques in Mass Media in Czechoslovakia. He is at present Associate Professor at National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, University of Law, Hyderabad.
Dr. Sridhar has authored several books on Law and Socio-legal aspects to mention a few: Legal Language, Judicial Activism, Women and Law, Mass Media Law, which also happen to be his area of post-doctoral research. He has contributed around 50 articles in reputed legal journals. Dr. Sridhar is a multi-linguist and is contributing for spread of legal education in vernacular Telugu with more than six books to his credit and more than 300 articles. His column appears regularly on socio-legal issues in various newspapers like Vartha, Andhra Bhumi, magazines such as Vijaya Viharam and Nadi, monthly political magazines and on the online website journals.
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