Contents
Foreword;
Appreciations;
Preface;
Table of Cases;
LAW - PHILOSOPHY - VALUES - DEVELOPMENT;
Law;
Humanities - Lawyer - An Architect;
Holmes' Vision;
A Legacy - Its Significance;
Justice and Rule of Law;
Constitution and Constitutional Values;
HISTORY OF THE COURTS - THEIR ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS;
Law and Justice Delivery System in Ancient India;
The Medieval Period;
Systems of Western Law;
The Advent of British in India;
The Entry of English Common Law;
The Royal Charters - Establishment of Courts;
Supreme Courts in Presidency Towns;
Development of Judicial System First, then a Body of Law;
Two Parallel Systems;
Letters Patent High Courts in the Presidency Towns;
Letters Patent 1862/1865;
Other High Courts;
Privy Council, Federal Court, Supreme Court;
High Courts under the Constitution;
Judicial Process;
Jurisdiction-Original and Appellate;
Court of Record - Inherent Jurisdiction;
Contempt of Court;
Right to Life and Liberty;
Habeas Corpus;
Personal Liberty and National Security;
Other Writs;
Admiralty Jurisdiction;
Judicial Review;
Constitutional Foundations of Judicial Review;
Anti Majoritarian Implications of Judicial Review;
The Incoming Tides;
Legitimacy of the Judicial Process;
COMMON LAW - ITS ADAPTABILITY AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM;
MEN OF LAW;
Great Men of Law - Their Hallmarks;
Makers of Indian Law a Representative Constellation;
Barnes Peacock;
Sumboo Nath Pundit;
J.D. Mayne;
T. Muthuswamy lyer;
S. Subramania lyer;
V. Bhashyam Ayyangar;
Gooroodas Banerjee;
Rashbehary Ghose;
J.D. Inverarity;
Syed Mahmood;
Eardley Norton;
Lawrence Jenkins;
Asutosh Mookerjee;
S.P. Sinha;
C.R. Das;
Murray Coutts-Trotter;
Jamshedji Kanga;
Tej Bahadur Sapru;
John Beaumont;
Bhulabhai Desai;
Maurice Gwyer;
George Rankin;
S. Varadachariar;
Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar;
Motilal C. Setalvad;
Shah Sulaiman;
B.N. Rau;
K.N. Katju;
Sarat Chandra Bose;
Vivian Bose;
Bijan Kumar Mukherjea;
C.K. Daphtary;
T.L. Venkatarama Ayyar;
M.K. Nambyar;
M.C. Chagla;
K. Subba Rao;
M. Hidayatullah;
H.M. Seervai;
Durga Das Basu;
K.K. Mathew;
H.R. Khanna;
N.A. Palkhivala;
AN AFTERWORD - THE TORCHBEARERS OF THE LEGACY LETTERS