Harshan Kumarasingham: Eastminster: the Westminster model in British Asia
Cross-posted from the Constitution Unit blog. The ‘Westminster model’ outside the British Isles tends to be associated with the former British settler colonies such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. … Continue reading
Jan van Zyl Smit: Judicial appointments in the Commonwealth: Is India bucking the trend?
In recent years many Commonwealth states have adopted, or at least debated, reforms to their legal frameworks for the appointment of judges. The stated objectives of such reforms include strengthening … Continue reading
Chintan Chandrachud: Debating the NJAC Judgment of the Supreme Court of India: Three Dimensions
Over a week has passed since the Supreme Court of India, in what will most commonly be described as the ‘fourth judges case’, struck down a constitutional amendment and a … Continue reading
Comment on India: Chintan Chandrachud: India’s Deceptive Constitution
Every written constitution is supplemented by important unwritten principles: the constitutional law of all nations (whether or not they have a codified constitution) consists of some combination of the written … Continue reading
Farrah Ahmed: The Untapped Potential for Constitutional Avoidance in Social Rights Adjudication
In his 2012 book, Judging Social Rights, Jeff King makes a powerful case for a limited, incrementalist, judicial approach to social rights adjudication. One of the incrementalist strategies King prescribes … Continue reading
Event: Contemporary Issues in Indian Public Law: Transnational Perspectives, 12 April 2015
The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne and National Law University, Delhi invite you to a conference on ‘Contemporary Issues in Indian Public Law: … Continue reading
Comment on India: Chintan Chandrachud: Koushal v Naz: The Third Way Out
December 11, 2014 will mark one year from the day on which the Indian Supreme Court delivered one of its most heavily criticised judgments in recent history – Suresh Kumar … Continue reading
