ARE YOU A NORMAL JUDGE?

 The cover my book to be soon published.

DEFENDING MURDERERS

DOES NOT MEAN APPROVING MURDER

This is a review of the book ‘Advocacy’ by David Pannick 

WORKING OF OUR CONSTITUTION: SOME EXPERIENCES

TWO CLASSIC BOOKS ON OUR CONSTITUTION

This is the first post of the series 'Working Of Our Constitution: Some Experiences'. It talks about two classic books on our Constitution written by Granville Austin.

 

An interview of Granville Austin by Rajiv Mehrotra

WORKING OF OUR CONSTITUTION: SOME EXPERIENCES

Two Classic Books on Our Constitution।। ।। ।। ।। 

The Court of Last Resort

This post is review of Edgard Award Winner book 'The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted' written by Erle Stanley Gardner.

TATA STORIES - Jubilee Diamond

 This post is review of the book 'Tata Stories' by Harish Bhat.

This post is review of the book 'Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution' written by John R Gribbin.

Bourbaki & Zero

This post is about Andre Weil's autobiography, The book 'The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed' by Amir D Eczel, Dr. Banwari Lala Sharma and the group 'Zero in the lines of  Bourbaki in the Allahabad University.

The group photograph is of the participants in a conference of Algebraic and Differential Topology in February 1988. Dr. Banwari Lal Sharma is sitting second from right, Dr. Pramila Srivastava is sitting on extreme left, Dr Ramji Lal is standing on the last row and is second from left, my wife Neeta is sitting on the ground and is second from right.

India, Where Are You Heading To

Summary: This post is review of the book ‘I Was Judge's Orderly' written by  Ninder Ghugianvi and translated by Paramjit Singh Ramana (Publisher: National Book Trust).

The book has been translated into Hindi,Urdu, Bangla, Kannada, Telgu, Malyalam, Sindhi, Maithili and Bhojpuri.

LORDSHIP or LADYSHIP: Case for Gender Neutrality

Summary: This post is about adopting a gender neutral form of address in higher courts - explained by an anecdote from autobiography of John Paul Stevens J.

  

Maximum God Almighty - Minimum A Stone

This post is review of the Sarosh Zaiwalla's interesting autobiography titled ‘Honour Bound: Adventures of an Indian Lawyer in English Court’. 

Keep The Judge In Good Humour

This post is about the fundamental rule of advocacy, mentioned by Quintin Hogg in his memoirs ‘A Sparrow's Flight’ together with my experience in the beginning of my career. 

Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture

This post is a review of the novel, ‘Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture’, written by Apostolos Doxiadis. To read it in Hindi click here.

ALLAHABAD CHARM

 This post is review of two books about Allahabad

My Own Words

This post is review of the book 'My Own Words', a collection of speeches, articles, letters, briefs submitted, and some dissenting opinions of Justice Ruth Ginsburg.

LegalTrek - Biography/ Book Review

Courtroom - Finest Legal Biography।। Leibowitz - The First Case।। Art of Cross Examination।। The Man on the Cigarette Packet।। Scottsboro Boys' Case - Facts।। Scottsboro Boys case - First Round Supreme Court।। Prejudice - the Womb Of Injustice।। Books - Best Cure For Mental Illness।। Clarence Darrow for the Defense।। Darrow - The Labour Lawyer।। American African Doctor And the White Neighbourhood।। The Monkey Trial।। Justice Holmes: A Yankee Strayed From Olympus।। Louis Nizer - Lawyer To The Famous।। My Own Words।।

Better Bitch Than Mouse

This post is tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and is review of the book 'Sisters In Law' by by Linda R. Hirshmandual.

Avoid Legalese - Adopt Plain English

This post is about the books for writing in plain, simple English.

Lord Denning - great advocate of plain English

LegalTek - Reminiscences/ Advice

।। Avoid Legalese - Adopt Plain English।। Know Your Judge।। Soar Rather than Sulk।। 

LOUIS NIZER - LAWYER TO THE FAMOUS: लुई नाईज़र – जाने मानो के वकील

Here is first one Louis Nizer, America’s most famous trial lawyer during second half of the last century. 

इस पोस्ट में, चर्चा है लुई नाईज़र के बारे में जो पिछली सदी के उत्तरार्ध के दौरान, अमेरिका का सबसे प्रसिद्ध ट्रायल कोर्ट का वकील था। 

LegalTrek - Biography

Courtroom - Finest Legal Biography।। Leibowitz - The First Case।। Art of Cross Examination।। The Man on the Cigarette Packet।। Scottsboro Boys' Case - Facts।। Scottsboro Boys case - First Round Supreme Court।। Prejudice - the Womb Of Injustice।। Books - Best Cure For Mental Illness।। Clarence Darrow for the Defense।। Darrow - The Labour Lawyer।। American African Doctor And the White Neighbourhood।। The Monkey Trial।। Justice Holmes: A Yankee Strayed From Olympus।। Louis Nizer - Lawyer To The Famous।।

JUSTICE HOLMES: A YANKEE STRAYED FROM OLYMPUS

Justice Holmes - Courtesy Wikipedia

Justice William Oliver Holmes (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) is more famous and better known than any other judge in the English speaking world. There are numerous books written on him and there are books containing his writings and opinions. This post is about these books and which one to read.

LegalTrek - Biogrphies

Courtroom - Finest Legal Biography।। Leibowitz - The First Case।। Art of Cross Examination।। The Man on the Cigarette Packet।। Scottsboro Boys' Case - Facts।। Scottsboro Boys case - First Round Supreme Court।। Prejudice - the Womb Of Injustice।। Books - Best Cure For Mental Illness।। Clarence Darrow for the Defense।। Darrow - The Labour Lawyer।। American African Doctor And the White Neighbourhood।। The Monkey Trial।। Justice Holmes: A Yankee Strayed From Olympus।। 

Real Sherlock Holmes

This post is about the book 'Conan Doyle for the Defence' by Margalit Fox and inspiration behind creation of Sherlock Holmes.

STEPHEN HAWKING: Courage personified

Stephen Hawking was one of the greatest Astrophysicists of all times. He died early morning today on 14th March 2018 at the age of 76. This article was written as many years ago is being published as a tribute.

Photograph courtesy Wikipedia

'Stephen Hawking A life in Science' by Michale White and John Gribbin and  'Stephen Hawking: Quest for a Theory of Everything' by Kity Ferguson are two biographies about him. They are worth reading.