Three Lectures

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Description
* Supreme Court and Policy Decisions
* Natural Law and its Impact on Courts
* Right to Rebellion and Obedience to Superior Orders
Justice K.K. Mathews' Three Lectures is a lecture series intended to disseminate knowledge in the realm of public law and to give a critical analysis of the existing law with a view to finding out its relevance and justification. This book contains the 1979 Public Law lectures delivered by Justice K.K. Mathew. The lectures were delivered from 18th to 20th December 1979 at the Cochin University, Department of Law. In the first lecture, Justice Mathew examines how the judiciary can blend its orthodox judicial function with policy-making. In the second, he explains the concept of natural law and the extent to which natural law provides a base for estimating and criticising rules of positive law. In the third lecture, he discusses the controversial terrains like the right to rebellion and the limits of obedience to superior orders. The lectures provide an opportunity and a motivation for creative thinking on reshaping of law which is no doubt a juristic exercise. The book will prove to be a delight for scholars as well as practitioners.
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Contents
Introduction
Lecture 1 : Supreme Court and Policy Decisions
Lecture 2 : Natural Law and its Impact on Courts
Lecture 3 : Right to Rebellion and Obedience to Superior Orders
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Author Details
Justice K.K. Mathew started his career as an Advocate of the former High Court of Travancore. From January 1960 he was the Advocate-General for the State of Kerala. He was appointed Judge to the Kerala High Court in June 1962 and to the Supreme Court of India in October 1971. After he retired in 1976 Justice Mathew continued to adorn many other distinguished positions. He was the Chairman of the Press Commission and also served as the Chairman of the Law Commission of India.
Despite his heavy engagements during the time of his judgeship and after, Justice Mathew found time to deliver many lectures in different parts of the country. He delivered the first Tej Bahadur Sapru Memorial Lecture, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lecture and a number of learned addresses at Lawyers' Conferences and the Law Schools throughout the country.
The lectures later formed his book Democracy, Equality and Freedom (1978). He delivered the Public Law Lectures of the Cochin University in 1979. This book consists of those lectures. All these years he has also been contributing to leading Indian legal periodicals.