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Justice H.L.Dattu sworn in as 42nd Chief Justice of India

Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was sworn in as the CJI (Chief Justice of India) by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. He succeeds Justice R.M.Lodha, who was also...

September 29, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) begins in Hong Kong

On September 27, 2014, Pro Democracy protests in Hong Kong against a ruling imposing restrictions on the city’s Chief Executive Official were brought forward to follows the student...

September 29, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

Obama: US Intelligence underestimated IS in Syria

US –led coalition has started its operation on Syrian soils in the northern city of Ayn al-Arab which is the latest area where the forces have conducted air-strikes....

September 28, 2014    International / World Current Affairs

Custom in Jurisprudence

Custom is a habitual course of conduct observed uniformly and voluntarily by the people concerned. When people fine any act to be good and beneficial, which is agreeable...

September 28, 2014

What is a custom?

Custom is a habitual course of conduct observed uniformly and voluntarily by the people concerned. When people fine any act to be good and beneficial, which is agreeable...

September 28, 2014

What are the recognized legal sources of law?

The only recognized legal sources of law are-custom, precedent and legislation. To these may be added one more viz, agreement which are valid under the law and which give rise...

September 28, 2014

Dabin (lawyer)

Dabin Chung is an American-qualified lawyer and partner at Mayer Brown LLP, a global law firm headquartered in Chicago with offices worldwide. Based in New York, she specialises...

September 28, 2014

Who was Gustav Radbruch and what was his legal philosophy?

Gustav  Radbruch was a German jurist and philosopher who as a reaction against the horrors of Nazi period expounded the doctrine of ‘higher law’ and morality of law’...

September 28, 2014

Who was Del Vecchio and what was the aim of this theory of natural law?

Del Vecchio was an Italian jurist who connects human spirit and human reason by emphasising that evaluation of human spirit has been for the human spirit leading to...

September 28, 2014

How can a conflict between the natural law and positive law be resolved, according to Geny?

Geny is of the view that in any conflict between the natural and positive law the lawyer is in principle bound by positive law. But, Geny does not...

September 28, 2014

What is the contribution of Francois Geny to the revival of natural law?

Stammler’s philosophy of natural law with a variable content greatly influenced Francois Geny. He is the foremost jurist of new natural law. He also gave the importance to...

September 28, 2014

Who was Joseph Kohler and why he was against materialistic legal interpretation?

Joseph Kohler was a disciple of Hegal, who vehemently protests materialistic legal interpretation. He says, a unity of spirit rules mankind and evolutionary forces its way out of...

September 28, 2014