Courage, Craft and Contention: The Indian Supreme Court in the Eighties, 1985
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 1985
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This work analyzes the Indian Supreme Court during the 1980s, focusing on its institutional behavior, jurisprudential styles, and internal tensions. Baxi reflects on moments of judicial innovation, conflict, and restraint, situating the Court’s actions within broader political and constitutional developments of the period. Published by N.M. Tripathi, Bombay.
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository