LEGAL RESEARCH DESIGN AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE ERA OF DIGITIZATION
This paper looks at how legal research design has changed in the age of digitization and why it continues to matter. With most legal materials now available online, researchers can find information faster, but they also face challenges like information overload and the need to judge the reliability of digital sources. The paper explains different […]
Comparative Governance of the Sex Industry: An Analysis Framework for Sex Worker Welfare in India and the Netherlands
Aphoristically speaking the sex worker industry is one of the oldest professions but remains highly stigmatised, operating under vastly different social and legal frameworks around the world. In India the act of sex work is not explicitly outlawed but regulated under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 which criminalises brothel-keeping, soliciting, and third-party involvement making […]
From Policy to Plantation: Evaluating the Community-Led Governance Model of the Aravalli Green Wall Project
The Aravalli Range, that is 3 billion-years-old Proterozoic fold mountains, signifies more than being a geological phenomenon; it is the very foundation for the environment that sustains North-Western India. Stretching over 650 kilometers, although conceptual environs have stretched its environmental impact over 1,500 kilometers from the Palanpur hills in the state of Gujarat via Rajasthan […]
Income: A Cost–Benefit Analysis for the Indian Welfare Framework
The welfare system of India is currently facing a major challenge. The ongoing issues of poverty, growing disparity, informal labor, and tight government budget have led to a revival of discussions on the best social protection model. The two rival yet connected concepts Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Universal Basic Services (UBS) have become the […]
When Constitutional Values Collide with Social Norms: Constitutional Morality as an Interpretive Tool in Post-Johar Jurisprudence
The paper will discuss the concept of constitutional morality in Indian jurisprudence as it is developing in response to Navtej Singh Johar (2018) and similar cases. The paper follows the history of constitutional morality since the Constituent Assembly debates with landmark Supreme Court decisions examining the ways it has been employed to safeguard fundamental rights […]