Outlines of Indian Legal and Constitutional History

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Description
The constitutional history of India is integral part of the curriculum of law, politics and general studies. Understanding of making of law and its ever-growing need necessitates a revisit to this interesting subject of legal education. Necessity of law to address and regulate the various aspects of the body polity, of whatever shade it may be of, requires a relook from time to time. The development of trade and commerce, cyber law and its special needs are just few examples and even doing away with irrelevant laws is part of its history. Professor Jain's book on legal and constitutional history has touched every facet that are relevant keeping in mind the needs of a student of law. The birth of the constitution of India in 1950, became the starting point of a law codifying all laws and their length and breadth. Constitutional amendments in recent years saw a great deal of change where the law commission was very active too. In this edition, every attempt has been made to deal with the constitutional changes and important laws enacted in recent times. We as editors feel that the revised book will have a lasting effect on the future development of the country. The enormous help and access to the material, made available by LexisNexis, made this edition possible. A Special mention is due to Arvind Kumar Tiwary, Advocate without whom this book wouldn't have seen the light of the day.
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Contents
Table of Cases
I. Introductory
II. Early Charters and Surat Factory
III. Administration of Justice in Madras : 1639 - 1726
IV. Administration of Justice in Bombay : 1668 - 1726
V. Administration of Justice at Calcutta : 1690 - 1726
VI. Mayors' Courts
VII. Beginning of the Adalat System
VIII. Supreme Court at Calcutta
IX. Supreme Courts at Bombay and Madras
X. Re-Organisation of the Adalat System
XI. Judicial Measures of Cornwallis
XII. Progress of the Adalat System: Sir John Shore
XIII. Progress of the Adalat System: Wellesley-Amherst (1798-1827)
XIV. Criminal Judicature after Cornwallis
XV. Adalat System in Bengal: Bentinck and after
XVI. Judicial Systems Beyond Bengal
XVII. Racial Discrimination in the Judicial System
XVIII. Present Judicial System
XIX. High Courts
XX. From Privy Council to Supreme Court
XXI. Development of Criminal Law: 1772-1860
XXII. Development of Civil Law: Presidency Towns
XXIII. Development of Civil Law: Mofussil
XXIV. Codification of Law (1833-1882)
XXV. Some Select Codes
XXVI. Legislatures in India: 1861-1950
XXVII. Law Reform
XXVIII. Personal Laws of Hindus and Mohammedans
XXIX. India Wins Independence
XXX. Law, Rule of Law & Constitutional Developments
XXXI. Law Reporting in India
XXXII. Growth of Legal Profession
XXXIII. Legal Education
Subject-Index
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Author Details
Professor M P Jain has authored several books, notably, Indian Constitutional Law, Principle of Administrative Law and the Halsbury's Law of India: Administrative Law (Volume 1). He was a gold medalist from Delhi University (1945). He secured his JSD from Yale Law School, USA in 1954 following which he taught for nearly five decades at universities such as Banaras Hindu University and Delhi University, as well as others in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. He has published several articles in leading Indian and foreign law journals.