The Rule of Law and Vicarious Liability of Government

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Description
It is a great pleasure to the author to bring out second edition of The Rule of Law and Vicarious Liability of Government. Since the last edition, the cases decided by the courts have added to matter worth to be researched and published. Liability of Government in the wider sense that includes liability of public authorities also is expanding with interpretative technique by application of fundamental rights in awarding compensation. The author has surveyed and tried to analyse the law with the hope that this edition will be a better contribution. The references of foreign jurisdictions have been given with the limitation of author relating to availability of literature. The public law remedy under Articles 21, 32, 226 besides Articles 14 and 300A contribute and strengthen Rule of Law in the field of liability of Government.
The author expresses his gratitude to Mr. Asok De, Director of Eastern Law House, his son Mr. Sovik De and the Editor, Mr. Somnath Chakraborty for their sincere efforts in the improvement of the work. Hopefully, the book is expected to serve the purpose being informative on the subject-matter.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Development of the vicarious Liability of Government an Outline in the Rule of Law Perspecttive
Chapter 3. Vicarious Liability of Government with Reference to Specific Torts - an Appraisal in the Rule of Law Perspective
Chapter 4. Vicarious Liability in Crime - the Governmental Immunity - not a Projection  of Rule of Law
Chapter 5. Vicarious Liability in Crime - the Governmental Immunity - not a Negation of Rule of Law
Chapter 6. Wrongful Dismissal or Removal from Government Service and the Vicarious Liability of Government - A Rule of Law Development
Chapter 7. Exceptions to the Vicarious Liability of Government a Study in the Context of Rule of Law
Chapter 8. Technical Hardships - Whether Antagonistic to the Rule of Law
Chapter 9. Remedies and Enforcement - an Evaluation in the Rule of Law Perspective
Chapter 10. A Comment on the Government Liability in Tort Bill 430
Chapter 11. Conclusions
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Author Details
S.S. Srivastava has been a Professor of Management in Delhi University holding the Chair of IFCI Professor, He is a well-known author of several books in management and has published over 100 research papers. The computerised information and reporting system for industrial sickness using non-financial parameters has been his original contribution. He has been Consultant to IFC! and Ministry of Defence and has participated in several national and international conferences.