An Independent, Colonial Judiciary
A History of the Bombay High Court during the British Raj, 1862-1947
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ISBN:
9780199453306
Publication date:
01/05/2015
Hardback
364 pages
241x159mm
Price: 1100.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780199453306
Publication date:
01/05/2015
Hardback
364 pages
Abhinav Chandrachud
The book unravels the history of one of the most important courts in the country, exploring the court's colonial past.,The book examines the backgrounds and lives of the 83 judges-Britons and Indians-who served on the Bombay High Court during the colonial era.,The book attempts to unravel complex changes which took place in Indian society, the legal profession, the law and legal culture during the colonial era.
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Abhinav Chandrachud
Description
In 2012, the Bombay High Court celebrated the 150th year of its existence. As one of three high courts first set up in colonial India in 1862, it functioned as a court of original and appellate jurisdiction during the British Raj for over 80 years, occupying the topmost rung of the judicial hierarchy in the all-important Bombay Presidency. Yet, remarkably little is known of how the court functioned during the colonial era. The historiography of the court is quite literally anecdotal. The most well known books written on the history of the court focus on humorous (at times, possibly apocryphal) stories about 'eminent' judges and 'great' lawyers, bordering on hagiography. Examining the backgrounds and lives of the 83 judges-Britons and Indians-who served on the Bombay High Court during the colonial era, and by exploring the court's colonial past, this book attempts to understand why British colonial institutions like the Bombay High Court flourished even after India became independent. In the process, this book will attempt to unravel complex changes which took place in Indian society, the legal profession, the law, and the legal culture during the colonial era.
About the Author
Abhinav Chandrachud, Advocate, Bombay High Court
Abhinav Chandrachud practises as an advocate at the Bombay High Court. Dr Chandrachud graduated from the LL.M. program at Harvard Law School where he was a Dana Scholar, and from the JSM and JSD programs at Stanford Law School where he was a Franklin Family Scholar. Dr Chandrachud has worked as an associate attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a global law firm, and as a paralegal at AZB & Partners, a leading law firm in India.
Abhinav Chandrachud
Table of contents
List of Photographs
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Background
2 The Rise of the Indian Judge
3 Race, Class and the Bombay High Court
4 The Judicial Culture of the Court
5 The Structural Peculiarities of a Colonial Judiciary
6 Independence of the Juciary
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Abhinav Chandrachud
Review
"'An Independent, Colonial Judiciary' is much more than another case study on how the British rule of law progressively escaped its initial inceptors. It also provides the genealogy upon which the contemporary Indian high judiciary has come to claim its independence from the Indian political and, to an extent, democratic spheres ...Abhinav Chandrachuds monograph thus not only renews part of the Law and Society scholarship in re-focusing it on legal issues, but also paves the way for further studies on the genealogy of Indian legal institutions." - Jean-Philippe Dequen, Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History,"The themes are addressed with competence and fairness; and as becomes a conscientious researcher, a good deal of the analysis is backed up by statistical evidence, including some which throw light on the even-handedness and the efficiency of colonial justice." - The Commonwealth Lawyer
Abhinav Chandrachud
Description
In 2012, the Bombay High Court celebrated the 150th year of its existence. As one of three high courts first set up in colonial India in 1862, it functioned as a court of original and appellate jurisdiction during the British Raj for over 80 years, occupying the topmost rung of the judicial hierarchy in the all-important Bombay Presidency. Yet, remarkably little is known of how the court functioned during the colonial era. The historiography of the court is quite literally anecdotal. The most well known books written on the history of the court focus on humorous (at times, possibly apocryphal) stories about 'eminent' judges and 'great' lawyers, bordering on hagiography. Examining the backgrounds and lives of the 83 judges-Britons and Indians-who served on the Bombay High Court during the colonial era, and by exploring the court's colonial past, this book attempts to understand why British colonial institutions like the Bombay High Court flourished even after India became independent. In the process, this book will attempt to unravel complex changes which took place in Indian society, the legal profession, the law, and the legal culture during the colonial era.
About the Author
Abhinav Chandrachud, Advocate, Bombay High Court
Abhinav Chandrachud practises as an advocate at the Bombay High Court. Dr Chandrachud graduated from the LL.M. program at Harvard Law School where he was a Dana Scholar, and from the JSM and JSD programs at Stanford Law School where he was a Franklin Family Scholar. Dr Chandrachud has worked as an associate attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a global law firm, and as a paralegal at AZB & Partners, a leading law firm in India.
Table of contents
List of Photographs
List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Background
2 The Rise of the Indian Judge
3 Race, Class and the Bombay High Court
4 The Judicial Culture of the Court
5 The Structural Peculiarities of a Colonial Judiciary
6 Independence of the Juciary
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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