Upendra Baxi

Abstract Upendra Baxi's "Contract Law in India: When Will Rip Van Winkle Awake?" is a critical scholarly work questioning the relevance and impact of the British-era Indian Contract Act, 1872 (ICA), suggesting it's outdated, slumbering, and needs rejuvenation to address modern Indian realities, much like the legendary Rip Van Winkle waking to a changed world, highlighting its colonial origins and limited social transformation despite its commercial ubiquity. Published in the Indian law Institute, New...