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Thursday, June 18, 2009
NLSIR: New Issue
The new issue (volume 21(1)) of the National Law School of India Review has been published. The entire issue is
available online
, and includes articles by UMAKANTH VAROTTIL (
A CAUTIONARY TALE OF THE TRANSPLANT EFFECT ON INDIAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
), MRINAL SATISH AND APARNA CHANDRA (
OF MATERNAL STATE AND MINIMALIST JUDICIARY: THE INDIAN SUPREME COURT’S APPROACH TO TERROR-RELATED ADJUDICATION
), ARVIND P. DATAR (
PRIVILEGE, POLICE POWER AND RES EXTRA COMMERCIUM – GLARING CONCEPTUAL ERRORS
), and JUSTICE S.B. SINHA (
CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
).
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