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  1. Copyrights Law and other related rights

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    Copyrights Law and other related rights

    LL.M. · SEMESTER 2

    Strictly as per the University of Mumbai LL.M. syllabus in force, with every section read from three prints of the Copyright Act 1957 current to 15-06-2026

    For LL.M. students of the University of Mumbai taking Group III, Law of Intellectual Property and Information Technology

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    Copyrights Law and other related rights

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    Contents

    Module I Introduction, Conventions, Indian Law, Nature, Subject Matter and Term

    1. What Copyright Is 1
    2. Why the Law Protects Copyright 6
    3. A Short History of Copyright 10
    4. Copyright Among the Intellectual Property Rights 14
    5. The Scheme of the Copyright Act, 1957 18
    6. No Copyright Except as Provided by the Act 22
    7. The Definitions the Act Turns On 26
    8. Why Copyright Needed Treaties 31
    9. The Berne Convention: the Frame 35
    10. Berne: the Minimum Rights 39
    11. Berne: Moral Rights and the Three Step Test 43
    12. Berne: Term, Formalities and the Appendix 48
    13. The Universal Copyright Convention 53
    14. The Rome Convention, 1961 58
    15. The Geneva Phonograms Convention, 1971 63
    16. The Brussels Satellite Convention, 1974 67
    17. TRIPS and Copyright 71
    18. The WIPO Copyright Treaty, 1996 75
    19. The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, 1996 80
    20. The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, 2012 84
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    Module I continued Introduction, Conventions, Indian Law, Nature, Subject Matter and Term

    1. The Marrakesh Treaty, 2013 88
    2. WIPO and the Machinery of the Treaties 93
    3. Copyright in India Before 1957 98
    4. The Act of 1957 and Its Amendments 102
    5. The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 106
    6. The Copyright Rules, 2013 and the 2021 Amendment 111
    7. The Other Statutes a Copyright Lawyer Uses 116
    8. Copyright as a Bundle of Negative Rights 121
    9. Works in Which Copyright Subsists 125
    10. The Idea Expression Dichotomy 129
    11. Originality and the Standard of Skill and Judgment 134
    12. Fixation and the Form of Expression 140
    13. What Copyright Does Not Protect 144
    14. Copyright and Registered Designs 148
    15. Copyright as Property and Its Territorial Reach 153
    16. Literary Works and Computer Programmes 157
    17. Compilations, Databases and Tables 161
    18. Dramatic Works 164
    19. Musical Works 168
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    Module I continued Introduction, Conventions, Indian Law, Nature, Subject Matter and Term

    1. Artistic Works 171
    2. Cinematograph Films 175
    3. Sound Recordings 179
    4. Government Works and Works of Public Undertakings 183
    5. How Long Copyright Lasts 187
    6. Term in Anonymous and Pseudonymous Works 190
    7. Term in Posthumous Works 193
    8. Term in Films and Sound Recordings 197
    9. Term in Government and Institutional Works 200
    10. The Public Domain 203

    Module II Ownership, the Rights Conferred, Neighbouring Rights, Assignment and Registration

    1. Who Is the Author of a Work 207
    2. Joint Authorship 210
    3. The First Owner of Copyright 214
    4. Works Made in the Course of Employment 219
    5. Commissioned Works 223
    6. The Composer, the Lyricist and the Film Producer 227
    7. Lectures, Speeches and Addresses 231
    8. Transmission of Copyright by Will 235
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    Module II continued Ownership, the Rights Conferred, Neighbouring Rights, Assignment and Registration

    1. Relinquishment of Copyright 238
    2. The Meaning of Copyright: Section 14 242
    3. The Reproduction Right 246
    4. Issuing Copies and First Sale 249
    5. Performance in Public and Communication to the Public 252
    6. Adaptation and Translation 256
    7. The Rental Right 260
    8. The Author's Special Rights 263
    9. The Resale Share Right 268
    10. Protection of Separate Rights 272
    11. Neighbouring Rights and Why They Are Separate 275
    12. The Broadcast Reproduction Right 280
    13. The Performer's Right 284
    14. The Exclusive Right of Performers 288
    15. The Moral Rights of the Performer 292
    16. Acts That Do Not Infringe Neighbouring Rights 296
    17. The Provisions Borrowed for Chapter VIII 299
    18. Producers of Phonograms 303
    19. Assignment of Copyright 307
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    Module II continued Ownership, the Rights Conferred, Neighbouring Rights, Assignment and Registration

    1. The Mode of Assignment 311
    2. Royalties and the Author's Unwaivable Share 315
    3. Disputes About an Assignment 319
    4. Licences by the Owner of Copyright 323
    5. Assignment Compared with a Licence 327
    6. Transmission by Operation of Law 331
    7. The Register of Copyrights 335
    8. Entries in the Register 339
    9. Indexes, Form and Inspection of the Register 343
    10. How to Apply for Registration 347
    11. Registration Is Not Compulsory 351

    Module III Licences, Publication, Copyright Societies, the Copyright Office and Infringement

    1. Voluntary and Compulsory Licences: the Scheme 355
    2. Compulsory Licence in Works Withheld from the Public 359
    3. Compulsory Licence in Unpublished or Published Works 364
    4. Compulsory Licence for the Benefit of the Disabled 368
    5. The Statutory Licence for Cover Versions 372
    6. The Statutory Licence for Broadcasting 377
    7. Licence to Produce and Publish Translations 382
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    Module III continued Licences, Publication, Copyright Societies, the Copyright Office and Infringement

    1. Licence to Reproduce and Publish Works 387
    2. Termination of Licences Under Chapter VI 392
    3. How a Licence Application Is Decided 396
    4. The Meaning of Publication 401
    5. When a Work Is Not Deemed Published 405
    6. When a Work Is First Published in India 408
    7. Disputes About Publication and Comparative Term 412
    8. Nationality and Domicile of the Author 416
    9. Why Collective Administration Exists 420
    10. Registration of a Copyright Society 424
    11. The Tariff Scheme 429
    12. Administration of Rights by a Copyright Society 433
    13. Control of the Society by Its Members 437
    14. Returns, Reports and the Transparency Report 442
    15. Performing Rights Societies 447
    16. The Societies in India and the Owner Who Licenses Directly 451
    17. The Copyright Office 456
    18. The Registrar and Deputy Registrars of Copyrights 460
    19. The Copyright Board: Its Life and Its Abolition 464
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    Module III continued Licences, Publication, Copyright Societies, the Copyright Office and Infringement

    1. The Powers of a Civil Court and Execution of Orders 471
    2. Good Faith Action and Public Servants 475
    3. When Copyright Is Infringed 479
    4. How a Court Decides Substantial Similarity 484
    5. Fair Dealing: the General Scheme 488
    6. Fair Dealing for Private Use and Criticism 493
    7. Exceptions for Courts, Legislatures and Public Life 497
    8. Exceptions for Education and Libraries 502
    9. Exceptions for Computer Programmes 507
    10. Exceptions for Performance and Broadcasting 511
    11. Exceptions for Artistic Works and Public Places 516
    12. Exceptions for the Disabled and Transient Storage 521
    13. Particulars in Sound Recordings and Video Films 526
    14. Importation of Infringing Copies 530
    15. Who May Sue 534
    16. Civil Remedies for Infringement 538
    17. Rights Against a Person Holding Infringing Copies 542
    18. Works of Architecture and the Limit on Remedies 546
    19. Groundless Threats of Legal Proceedings 550
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    Module III continued Licences, Publication, Copyright Societies, the Copyright Office and Infringement

    1. Where a Copyright Suit May Be Filed 554
    2. The Offence of Infringement 559
    3. Enhanced Penalty and Computer Programmes 563
    4. Seizure, Plates and Disposal 567
    5. Protection of Technological Measures 571
    6. Protection of Rights Management Information 575
    7. False Entries and False Statements 579
    8. Offences by Companies and Cognizance 583
    9. Interim Orders in a Copyright Suit 587

    Module IV Emerging Trends, International Copyright, the Register and Appeals

    1. Copyright in the Digital Environment 592
    2. Technological Protection and Digital Rights Management 597
    3. Online Intermediaries and Safe Harbour 601
    4. Website Blocking and Dynamic Injunctions 606
    5. Software Copyright and Open Source Licensing 611
    6. Databases, Text and Data Mining and Scraping 615
    7. Artificial Intelligence and Copyright 619
    8. Streaming and the Limits of the Statutory Licence 624
    9. User Generated Content, Parody and Memes 629
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    Module IV continued Emerging Trends, International Copyright, the Register and Appeals

    1. Photocopying, Course Packs and Access to Education 634
    2. Private Copying and Format Shifting 639
    3. Film Piracy and the Cinematograph Amendment of 2023 643
    4. Non-Fungible Tokens and the Block Chain 648
    5. How India Protects Foreign Works 652
    6. Foreign Broadcasters and Performers 657
    7. Works of Certain International Organisations 661
    8. Restricting the Rights of Foreign Authors 665
    9. Restricting Foreign Broadcasters and Performers 669
    10. Orders Under Chapter IX and Parliament 673
    11. The International Copyright Order, 1999 676
    12. Parallel Imports and Exhaustion 681
    13. Enforcing Copyright Across Borders 686
    14. The Register as Evidence 690
    15. Correction of Entries by the Registrar 694
    16. Rectification of the Register by the High Court 698
    17. Publication of Entries in the Register 702
    18. What Registration Proves and What It Does Not 706
    19. Appeals Against Orders of a Magistrate 710
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    Module IV continued Emerging Trends, International Copyright, the Register and Appeals

    1. Appeals Against Orders of the Registrar 714
    2. The Procedure for Appeals 718
    3. Where a Copyright Dispute Goes Now 721
    4. The Shape of Copyright Litigation in India 725
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    Every chapter in the notes: 173 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I Introduction, Conventions, Indian Law, Nature, Subject Matter and Term 49 chapters

    1. 1 What Copyright Is pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 Why the Law Protects Copyright pages 6 to 9
    3. 3 A Short History of Copyright pages 10 to 13
    4. 4 Copyright Among the Intellectual Property Rights pages 14 to 17
    5. 5 The Scheme of the Copyright Act, 1957 pages 18 to 21
    6. 6 No Copyright Except as Provided by the Act pages 22 to 25
    7. 7 The Definitions the Act Turns On pages 26 to 30
    8. 8 Why Copyright Needed Treaties pages 31 to 34
    9. 9 The Berne Convention: the Frame pages 35 to 38
    10. 10 Berne: the Minimum Rights pages 39 to 42
    11. 11 Berne: Moral Rights and the Three Step Test pages 43 to 47
    12. 12 Berne: Term, Formalities and the Appendix pages 48 to 52
    13. 13 The Universal Copyright Convention pages 53 to 57
    14. 14 The Rome Convention, 1961 pages 58 to 62
    15. 15 The Geneva Phonograms Convention, 1971 pages 63 to 66
    16. 16 The Brussels Satellite Convention, 1974 pages 67 to 70
    17. 17 TRIPS and Copyright pages 71 to 74
    18. 18 The WIPO Copyright Treaty, 1996 pages 75 to 79
    19. 19 The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, 1996 pages 80 to 83
    20. 20 The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, 2012 pages 84 to 87
    21. 21 The Marrakesh Treaty, 2013 pages 88 to 92
    22. 22 WIPO and the Machinery of the Treaties pages 93 to 97
    23. 23 Copyright in India Before 1957 pages 98 to 101
    24. 24 The Act of 1957 and Its Amendments pages 102 to 105
    25. 25 The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 pages 106 to 110
    26. 26 The Copyright Rules, 2013 and the 2021 Amendment pages 111 to 115
    27. 27 The Other Statutes a Copyright Lawyer Uses pages 116 to 120
    28. 28 Copyright as a Bundle of Negative Rights pages 121 to 124
    29. 29 Works in Which Copyright Subsists pages 125 to 128
    30. 30 The Idea Expression Dichotomy pages 129 to 133
    31. 31 Originality and the Standard of Skill and Judgment pages 134 to 139
    32. 32 Fixation and the Form of Expression pages 140 to 143
    33. 33 What Copyright Does Not Protect pages 144 to 147
    34. 34 Copyright and Registered Designs pages 148 to 152
    35. 35 Copyright as Property and Its Territorial Reach pages 153 to 156
    36. 36 Literary Works and Computer Programmes pages 157 to 160
    37. 37 Compilations, Databases and Tables pages 161 to 163
    38. 38 Dramatic Works pages 164 to 167
    39. 39 Musical Works pages 168 to 170
    40. 40 Artistic Works pages 171 to 174
    41. 41 Cinematograph Films pages 175 to 178
    42. 42 Sound Recordings pages 179 to 182
    43. 43 Government Works and Works of Public Undertakings pages 183 to 186
    44. 44 How Long Copyright Lasts pages 187 to 189
    45. 45 Term in Anonymous and Pseudonymous Works pages 190 to 192
    46. 46 Term in Posthumous Works pages 193 to 196
    47. 47 Term in Films and Sound Recordings pages 197 to 199
    48. 48 Term in Government and Institutional Works pages 200 to 202
    49. 49 The Public Domain pages 203 to 206

    Module II Ownership, the Rights Conferred, Neighbouring Rights, Assignment and Registration 38 chapters

    1. 50 Who Is the Author of a Work pages 207 to 209
    2. 51 Joint Authorship pages 210 to 213
    3. 52 The First Owner of Copyright pages 214 to 218
    4. 53 Works Made in the Course of Employment pages 219 to 222
    5. 54 Commissioned Works pages 223 to 226
    6. 55 The Composer, the Lyricist and the Film Producer pages 227 to 230
    7. 56 Lectures, Speeches and Addresses pages 231 to 234
    8. 57 Transmission of Copyright by Will pages 235 to 237
    9. 58 Relinquishment of Copyright pages 238 to 241
    10. 59 The Meaning of Copyright: Section 14 pages 242 to 245
    11. 60 The Reproduction Right pages 246 to 248
    12. 61 Issuing Copies and First Sale pages 249 to 251
    13. 62 Performance in Public and Communication to the Public pages 252 to 255
    14. 63 Adaptation and Translation pages 256 to 259
    15. 64 The Rental Right pages 260 to 262
    16. 65 The Author's Special Rights pages 263 to 267
    17. 66 The Resale Share Right pages 268 to 271
    18. 67 Protection of Separate Rights pages 272 to 274
    19. 68 Neighbouring Rights and Why They Are Separate pages 275 to 279
    20. 69 The Broadcast Reproduction Right pages 280 to 283
    21. 70 The Performer's Right pages 284 to 287
    22. 71 The Exclusive Right of Performers pages 288 to 291
    23. 72 The Moral Rights of the Performer pages 292 to 295
    24. 73 Acts That Do Not Infringe Neighbouring Rights pages 296 to 298
    25. 74 The Provisions Borrowed for Chapter VIII pages 299 to 302
    26. 75 Producers of Phonograms pages 303 to 306
    27. 76 Assignment of Copyright pages 307 to 310
    28. 77 The Mode of Assignment pages 311 to 314
    29. 78 Royalties and the Author's Unwaivable Share pages 315 to 318
    30. 79 Disputes About an Assignment pages 319 to 322
    31. 80 Licences by the Owner of Copyright pages 323 to 326
    32. 81 Assignment Compared with a Licence pages 327 to 330
    33. 82 Transmission by Operation of Law pages 331 to 334
    34. 83 The Register of Copyrights pages 335 to 338
    35. 84 Entries in the Register pages 339 to 342
    36. 85 Indexes, Form and Inspection of the Register pages 343 to 346
    37. 86 How to Apply for Registration pages 347 to 350
    38. 87 Registration Is Not Compulsory pages 351 to 354

    Module III Licences, Publication, Copyright Societies, the Copyright Office and Infringement 54 chapters

    1. 88 Voluntary and Compulsory Licences: the Scheme pages 355 to 358
    2. 89 Compulsory Licence in Works Withheld from the Public pages 359 to 363
    3. 90 Compulsory Licence in Unpublished or Published Works pages 364 to 367
    4. 91 Compulsory Licence for the Benefit of the Disabled pages 368 to 371
    5. 92 The Statutory Licence for Cover Versions pages 372 to 376
    6. 93 The Statutory Licence for Broadcasting pages 377 to 381
    7. 94 Licence to Produce and Publish Translations pages 382 to 386
    8. 95 Licence to Reproduce and Publish Works pages 387 to 391
    9. 96 Termination of Licences Under Chapter VI pages 392 to 395
    10. 97 How a Licence Application Is Decided pages 396 to 400
    11. 98 The Meaning of Publication pages 401 to 404
    12. 99 When a Work Is Not Deemed Published pages 405 to 407
    13. 100 When a Work Is First Published in India pages 408 to 411
    14. 101 Disputes About Publication and Comparative Term pages 412 to 415
    15. 102 Nationality and Domicile of the Author pages 416 to 419
    16. 103 Why Collective Administration Exists pages 420 to 423
    17. 104 Registration of a Copyright Society pages 424 to 428
    18. 105 The Tariff Scheme pages 429 to 432
    19. 106 Administration of Rights by a Copyright Society pages 433 to 436
    20. 107 Control of the Society by Its Members pages 437 to 441
    21. 108 Returns, Reports and the Transparency Report pages 442 to 446
    22. 109 Performing Rights Societies pages 447 to 450
    23. 110 The Societies in India and the Owner Who Licenses Directly pages 451 to 455
    24. 111 The Copyright Office pages 456 to 459
    25. 112 The Registrar and Deputy Registrars of Copyrights pages 460 to 463
    26. 113 The Copyright Board: Its Life and Its Abolition pages 464 to 470
    27. 114 The Powers of a Civil Court and Execution of Orders pages 471 to 474
    28. 115 Good Faith Action and Public Servants pages 475 to 478
    29. 116 When Copyright Is Infringed pages 479 to 483
    30. 117 How a Court Decides Substantial Similarity pages 484 to 487
    31. 118 Fair Dealing: the General Scheme pages 488 to 492
    32. 119 Fair Dealing for Private Use and Criticism pages 493 to 496
    33. 120 Exceptions for Courts, Legislatures and Public Life pages 497 to 501
    34. 121 Exceptions for Education and Libraries pages 502 to 506
    35. 122 Exceptions for Computer Programmes pages 507 to 510
    36. 123 Exceptions for Performance and Broadcasting pages 511 to 515
    37. 124 Exceptions for Artistic Works and Public Places pages 516 to 520
    38. 125 Exceptions for the Disabled and Transient Storage pages 521 to 525
    39. 126 Particulars in Sound Recordings and Video Films pages 526 to 529
    40. 127 Importation of Infringing Copies pages 530 to 533
    41. 128 Who May Sue pages 534 to 537
    42. 129 Civil Remedies for Infringement pages 538 to 541
    43. 130 Rights Against a Person Holding Infringing Copies pages 542 to 545
    44. 131 Works of Architecture and the Limit on Remedies pages 546 to 549
    45. 132 Groundless Threats of Legal Proceedings pages 550 to 553
    46. 133 Where a Copyright Suit May Be Filed pages 554 to 558
    47. 134 The Offence of Infringement pages 559 to 562
    48. 135 Enhanced Penalty and Computer Programmes pages 563 to 566
    49. 136 Seizure, Plates and Disposal pages 567 to 570
    50. 137 Protection of Technological Measures pages 571 to 574
    51. 138 Protection of Rights Management Information pages 575 to 578
    52. 139 False Entries and False Statements pages 579 to 582
    53. 140 Offences by Companies and Cognizance pages 583 to 586
    54. 141 Interim Orders in a Copyright Suit pages 587 to 591

    Module IV Emerging Trends, International Copyright, the Register and Appeals 32 chapters

    1. 142 Copyright in the Digital Environment pages 592 to 596
    2. 143 Technological Protection and Digital Rights Management pages 597 to 600
    3. 144 Online Intermediaries and Safe Harbour pages 601 to 605
    4. 145 Website Blocking and Dynamic Injunctions pages 606 to 610
    5. 146 Software Copyright and Open Source Licensing pages 611 to 614
    6. 147 Databases, Text and Data Mining and Scraping pages 615 to 618
    7. 148 Artificial Intelligence and Copyright pages 619 to 623
    8. 149 Streaming and the Limits of the Statutory Licence pages 624 to 628
    9. 150 User Generated Content, Parody and Memes pages 629 to 633
    10. 151 Photocopying, Course Packs and Access to Education pages 634 to 638
    11. 152 Private Copying and Format Shifting pages 639 to 642
    12. 153 Film Piracy and the Cinematograph Amendment of 2023 pages 643 to 647
    13. 154 Non-Fungible Tokens and the Block Chain pages 648 to 651
    14. 155 How India Protects Foreign Works pages 652 to 656
    15. 156 Foreign Broadcasters and Performers pages 657 to 660
    16. 157 Works of Certain International Organisations pages 661 to 664
    17. 158 Restricting the Rights of Foreign Authors pages 665 to 668
    18. 159 Restricting Foreign Broadcasters and Performers pages 669 to 672
    19. 160 Orders Under Chapter IX and Parliament pages 673 to 675
    20. 161 The International Copyright Order, 1999 pages 676 to 680
    21. 162 Parallel Imports and Exhaustion pages 681 to 685
    22. 163 Enforcing Copyright Across Borders pages 686 to 689
    23. 164 The Register as Evidence pages 690 to 693
    24. 165 Correction of Entries by the Registrar pages 694 to 697
    25. 166 Rectification of the Register by the High Court pages 698 to 701
    26. 167 Publication of Entries in the Register pages 702 to 705
    27. 168 What Registration Proves and What It Does Not pages 706 to 709
    28. 169 Appeals Against Orders of a Magistrate pages 710 to 713
    29. 170 Appeals Against Orders of the Registrar pages 714 to 717
    30. 171 The Procedure for Appeals pages 718 to 720
    31. 172 Where a Copyright Dispute Goes Now pages 721 to 724
    32. 173 The Shape of Copyright Litigation in India pages 725 to 730
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  2. Law of Trademarks

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    Law of Trademarks

    LL.M. · SEMESTER 2

    Strictly as per the University of Mumbai LL.M. syllabus in force, with every section read from the Act as amended to 01-08-2024

    For LL.M. students of the University of Mumbai and all its affiliated law colleges

    munotes.in Group 3 Law of Intellectual Property and Information Technology

    Law of Trademarks

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    Written and first published by munotes.in, 2026.

    This book is for individual students to read at munotes.in. No part of it may be reproduced, distributed, stored, translated or used for institutional or classroom purposes in any form without a prior written licence from munotes.in.

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    Module I

    1. What a Trade Mark Is 1
    2. What a Trade Mark Does 6
    3. The Vocabulary of the Act: Section 2 10
    4. The Kinds of Mark the Act Recognises 16
    5. Non Conventional Marks 21
    6. Distinctiveness and the Spectrum of Marks 25
    7. Trade Marks and Their Neighbours 29
    8. How Indian Trade Mark Law Grew 34
    9. The Scheme of the Trade Marks Act 1999 39
    10. Why Trade Mark Law Is International 43
    11. The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 47
    12. The Marks Articles of the Paris Convention 52
    13. TRIPS and the 1999 Act 59
    14. TRIPS Section 2: Trademarks 64
    15. The Madrid Protocol 69
    16. Chapter IVA: International Registration Through India 74
    17. Classification of Goods and Services 79
    18. Convention Countries, Priority and Reciprocity 83
    19. The Trade Marks Rules 2017 87
    20. How Property in a Trade Mark Is Acquired 91
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    1. Use Against Registration: Who Wins 96
    2. Who May Claim To Be the Proprietor 101
    3. Is a Trade Mark Property At All 106
    4. Territoriality and Transborder Reputation 110
    5. Who May Apply, and the Application 115
    6. The Appropriate Office and Its Jurisdiction 119
    7. What the Application Must Contain 123
    8. Examination, Objections and the Hearing 127
    9. Expedited Processing of an Application 132
    10. Acceptance, Advertisement and the Trade Marks Journal 135
    11. Correction and Amendment of an Application 139
    12. Withdrawal of Acceptance 143
    13. Registration and the Certificate 147
    14. Jointly Owned Trade Marks 152
    15. Duration, Renewal, Removal and Restoration 156
    16. Series Marks and Associated Marks 161
    17. Registration of Parts of a Mark, and Disclaimers 166
    18. Multi Class Applications and Division 170
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    1. Opposition to Registration: Section 21 173
    2. The Notice of Opposition and Its Requirements 177
    3. The Counterstatement and the Evidence Rounds 181
    4. The Hearing, the Decision and Costs 185
    5. The Grounds on Which a Registration Is Opposed 189
    6. Opposition, Rectification and Cancellation Compared 195
    7. What Registration Gives You: Section 28 201
    8. No Action for an Unregistered Mark: Section 27 206
    9. Infringement: The Scheme of Section 29 210
    10. Identical Marks, Similar Marks, and the Presumption 215
    11. Dilution and the Mark With a Reputation 220
    12. Trade Names, Advertising, Labelling and Oral Use 224
    13. The Limits on the Effect of Registration: Section 30 229
    14. Registration as Evidence: Sections 31 and 32 234
    15. Acquiescence: Section 33 238
    16. The Savings: Sections 34, 35 and 36 242
    17. Absolute Grounds for Refusal: The Scheme of Section 9 247
    18. Marks Devoid of Any Distinctive Character 252
    19. Descriptive Marks and Marks That Have Become Customary 256
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    1. Deceptive, Scandalous and Prohibited Marks 260
    2. The Shape Exclusions 265
    3. Limitation as to Colour 269
    4. Relative Grounds for Refusal: Section 11 273
    5. Well Known Trade Marks 278
    6. Honest Concurrent Use: Section 12 284
    7. Chemical Elements, INNs and the Names of Persons 289
    8. Deceptive Similarity: What the Act Means 294
    9. How Two Marks Are Compared 298
    10. The Anti Dissection Rule and the Dominant Feature 303
    11. Phonetic, Visual and Conceptual Similarity 307
    12. The Average Purchaser of Imperfect Recollection 311
    13. The Cadila Factors 315
    14. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Marks 320
    15. The Goods, the Trade Channels and the Added Matter 325
    16. The Trade Marks Registry 330
    17. The Register of Trade Marks 333
    18. The Registrar's Powers and How He Exercises Them 338
    19. Rectification and Cancellation: Section 57 344
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    1. Correction, Alteration and Adaptation of the Register 349
    2. Section 124: Stay Where Validity Is Questioned 353
    3. Where a Rectification Application Goes Now 358
    4. Assignment and Transmission: What the Words Mean 363
    5. Assignability of Registered and Unregistered Marks 367
    6. The Restrictions: Multiple Exclusive Rights 371
    7. Assignment Without Goodwill: Section 42 376
    8. Certification and Associated Marks on Assignment 380
    9. Registration of Assignments and Transmissions 384
    10. Proposed Use by a Company To Be Formed 388
    11. Removal for Non Use: Section 47 393
    12. Abandonment of a Mark, and of an Application 400
    13. What Counts As Use of a Mark 405

    Module III

    1. Licensing a Trade Mark 410
    2. Permitted Use and the Registered User 415
    3. Registration as a Registered User 419
    4. Variation, Cancellation and Information 424
    5. The Registered User's Right to Sue 429
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    1. Quality Control, and Trafficking in a Mark 433
    2. Franchising and Brand Licensing in Practice 438
    3. Collective Marks: Chapter VIII 442
    4. The Regulations Governing a Collective Mark 446
    5. Infringement and Removal of a Collective Mark 450
    6. Service Marks 454
    7. Textile Trade Marks and the Repealed Chapter X 458
    8. Infringement and Passing Off Compared 462
    9. The Classical Trinity of Passing Off 467
    10. Goodwill, and What Passing Off Protects 471
    11. Misrepresentation and Damage 476
    12. Dilution, Blurring and Tarnishment 481
    13. The Court in Which a Suit Is Brought: Section 134 486
    14. Who May Sue, and Whom To Sue 490
    15. The Reliefs: Section 135 495
    16. Interim Injunctions in a Trade Mark Suit 500
    17. Ex Parte Orders, Local Commissioners, Anton Piller and John Doe 505
    18. Damages and the Account of Profits 509
    19. Delivery Up, Destruction and Erasure 513
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    1. Defences to an Infringement Action 517
    2. Evidence in a Trade Mark Suit 524
    3. The Passing Off Action 529
    4. Trade Dress and Get Up 533
    5. Trade Names and Business Names 538
    6. Domain Names and Cybersquatting 543
    7. Reverse and Extended Passing Off 547
    8. Proving Goodwill and Reputation 552
    9. Remedies and Jurisdiction in a Passing Off Suit 557
    10. Certification Trade Marks: Chapter IX 561
    11. Registering a Certification Trade Mark 565
    12. The Regulations Governing a Certification Trade Mark 570
    13. Infringement of a Certification Trade Mark 575
    14. Certification, Collective and Ordinary Marks Compared 580

    Module IV

    1. Applying a Mark and a Trade Description 584
    2. Falsifying and Falsely Applying a Mark 589
    3. The Principal Offence: Section 103 593
    4. Selling Goods With a False Mark: Section 104 597
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    1. Enhanced Penalty on a Second Conviction 601
    2. Falsely Representing a Mark as Registered 604
    3. The Jan Vishwas Act 2023 and Decriminalisation 609
    4. Defences, Forfeiture and Exemptions 614
    5. Offences by Companies, and Abetment Abroad 619
    6. Cognizance, Search and Seizure, and Procedure 624
    7. Groundless Threats of Legal Proceedings: Section 142 630
    8. What Is, and What Is Not, a Threat 635
    9. Quia Timet Actions and Declarations of Non Infringement 639
    10. The Intellectual Property Appellate Board 643
    11. The Tribunals Reforms Act 2021 647
    12. Appeals to the High Court: Section 91 651
    13. The Registrar in Legal Proceedings, and the Bar to Appear 655
    14. Review, Writs and the Intellectual Property Division 660
    15. Trade Marks on the Internet 664
    16. Intermediary Liability and E Commerce Marketplaces 668
    17. Non Conventional Marks in Practice 673
    18. Well Known Marks, Dilution and Brand Value 677
    19. Merchandising, Character Marks and Personality Rights 682
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    1. Comparative Advertising and Disparagement 687
    2. Parallel Imports and Grey Market Goods 692
    3. Trade Marks, Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse 697
    4. Border Measures and Customs Enforcement 702
    5. TRIPS Enforcement and the Indian Remedies 709
    6. Trade Mark Agents and the Address for Service 716
    7. A Mark Registered by an Agent Without Authority 721
    8. Indexes, Public Inspection and the Report to Parliament 726
    9. Fees, Savings, and the Government Bound 730
    10. Implied Warranty on Sale, and Trade Usages 735
    11. Good Faith, Public Servants and Removal of Difficulties 740
    12. The Rest of the Act, and How to Read It 745
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    Module I 38 chapters

    1. 1 What a Trade Mark Is pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 What a Trade Mark Does pages 6 to 9
    3. 3 The Vocabulary of the Act: Section 2 pages 10 to 15
    4. 4 The Kinds of Mark the Act Recognises pages 16 to 20
    5. 5 Non Conventional Marks pages 21 to 24
    6. 6 Distinctiveness and the Spectrum of Marks pages 25 to 28
    7. 7 Trade Marks and Their Neighbours pages 29 to 33
    8. 8 How Indian Trade Mark Law Grew pages 34 to 38
    9. 9 The Scheme of the Trade Marks Act 1999 pages 39 to 42
    10. 10 Why Trade Mark Law Is International pages 43 to 46
    11. 11 The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property pages 47 to 51
    12. 12 The Marks Articles of the Paris Convention pages 52 to 58
    13. 13 TRIPS and the 1999 Act pages 59 to 63
    14. 14 TRIPS Section 2: Trademarks pages 64 to 68
    15. 15 The Madrid Protocol pages 69 to 73
    16. 16 Chapter IVA: International Registration Through India pages 74 to 78
    17. 17 Classification of Goods and Services pages 79 to 82
    18. 18 Convention Countries, Priority and Reciprocity pages 83 to 86
    19. 19 The Trade Marks Rules 2017 pages 87 to 90
    20. 20 How Property in a Trade Mark Is Acquired pages 91 to 95
    21. 21 Use Against Registration: Who Wins pages 96 to 100
    22. 22 Who May Claim To Be the Proprietor pages 101 to 105
    23. 23 Is a Trade Mark Property At All pages 106 to 109
    24. 24 Territoriality and Transborder Reputation pages 110 to 114
    25. 25 Who May Apply, and the Application pages 115 to 118
    26. 26 The Appropriate Office and Its Jurisdiction pages 119 to 122
    27. 27 What the Application Must Contain pages 123 to 126
    28. 28 Examination, Objections and the Hearing pages 127 to 131
    29. 29 Expedited Processing of an Application pages 132 to 134
    30. 30 Acceptance, Advertisement and the Trade Marks Journal pages 135 to 138
    31. 31 Correction and Amendment of an Application pages 139 to 142
    32. 32 Withdrawal of Acceptance pages 143 to 146
    33. 33 Registration and the Certificate pages 147 to 151
    34. 34 Jointly Owned Trade Marks pages 152 to 155
    35. 35 Duration, Renewal, Removal and Restoration pages 156 to 160
    36. 36 Series Marks and Associated Marks pages 161 to 165
    37. 37 Registration of Parts of a Mark, and Disclaimers pages 166 to 169
    38. 38 Multi Class Applications and Division pages 170 to 172

    Module II 51 chapters

    1. 39 Opposition to Registration: Section 21 pages 173 to 176
    2. 40 The Notice of Opposition and Its Requirements pages 177 to 180
    3. 41 The Counterstatement and the Evidence Rounds pages 181 to 184
    4. 42 The Hearing, the Decision and Costs pages 185 to 188
    5. 43 The Grounds on Which a Registration Is Opposed pages 189 to 194
    6. 44 Opposition, Rectification and Cancellation Compared pages 195 to 200
    7. 45 What Registration Gives You: Section 28 pages 201 to 205
    8. 46 No Action for an Unregistered Mark: Section 27 pages 206 to 209
    9. 47 Infringement: The Scheme of Section 29 pages 210 to 214
    10. 48 Identical Marks, Similar Marks, and the Presumption pages 215 to 219
    11. 49 Dilution and the Mark With a Reputation pages 220 to 223
    12. 50 Trade Names, Advertising, Labelling and Oral Use pages 224 to 228
    13. 51 The Limits on the Effect of Registration: Section 30 pages 229 to 233
    14. 52 Registration as Evidence: Sections 31 and 32 pages 234 to 237
    15. 53 Acquiescence: Section 33 pages 238 to 241
    16. 54 The Savings: Sections 34, 35 and 36 pages 242 to 246
    17. 55 Absolute Grounds for Refusal: The Scheme of Section 9 pages 247 to 251
    18. 56 Marks Devoid of Any Distinctive Character pages 252 to 255
    19. 57 Descriptive Marks and Marks That Have Become Customary pages 256 to 259
    20. 58 Deceptive, Scandalous and Prohibited Marks pages 260 to 264
    21. 59 The Shape Exclusions pages 265 to 268
    22. 60 Limitation as to Colour pages 269 to 272
    23. 61 Relative Grounds for Refusal: Section 11 pages 273 to 277
    24. 62 Well Known Trade Marks pages 278 to 283
    25. 63 Honest Concurrent Use: Section 12 pages 284 to 288
    26. 64 Chemical Elements, INNs and the Names of Persons pages 289 to 293
    27. 65 Deceptive Similarity: What the Act Means pages 294 to 297
    28. 66 How Two Marks Are Compared pages 298 to 302
    29. 67 The Anti Dissection Rule and the Dominant Feature pages 303 to 306
    30. 68 Phonetic, Visual and Conceptual Similarity pages 307 to 310
    31. 69 The Average Purchaser of Imperfect Recollection pages 311 to 314
    32. 70 The Cadila Factors pages 315 to 319
    33. 71 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Marks pages 320 to 324
    34. 72 The Goods, the Trade Channels and the Added Matter pages 325 to 329
    35. 73 The Trade Marks Registry pages 330 to 332
    36. 74 The Register of Trade Marks pages 333 to 337
    37. 75 The Registrar's Powers and How He Exercises Them pages 338 to 343
    38. 76 Rectification and Cancellation: Section 57 pages 344 to 348
    39. 77 Correction, Alteration and Adaptation of the Register pages 349 to 352
    40. 78 Section 124: Stay Where Validity Is Questioned pages 353 to 357
    41. 79 Where a Rectification Application Goes Now pages 358 to 362
    42. 80 Assignment and Transmission: What the Words Mean pages 363 to 366
    43. 81 Assignability of Registered and Unregistered Marks pages 367 to 370
    44. 82 The Restrictions: Multiple Exclusive Rights pages 371 to 375
    45. 83 Assignment Without Goodwill: Section 42 pages 376 to 379
    46. 84 Certification and Associated Marks on Assignment pages 380 to 383
    47. 85 Registration of Assignments and Transmissions pages 384 to 387
    48. 86 Proposed Use by a Company To Be Formed pages 388 to 392
    49. 87 Removal for Non Use: Section 47 pages 393 to 399
    50. 88 Abandonment of a Mark, and of an Application pages 400 to 404
    51. 89 What Counts As Use of a Mark pages 405 to 409

    Module III 38 chapters

    1. 90 Licensing a Trade Mark pages 410 to 414
    2. 91 Permitted Use and the Registered User pages 415 to 418
    3. 92 Registration as a Registered User pages 419 to 423
    4. 93 Variation, Cancellation and Information pages 424 to 428
    5. 94 The Registered User's Right to Sue pages 429 to 432
    6. 95 Quality Control, and Trafficking in a Mark pages 433 to 437
    7. 96 Franchising and Brand Licensing in Practice pages 438 to 441
    8. 97 Collective Marks: Chapter VIII pages 442 to 445
    9. 98 The Regulations Governing a Collective Mark pages 446 to 449
    10. 99 Infringement and Removal of a Collective Mark pages 450 to 453
    11. 100 Service Marks pages 454 to 457
    12. 101 Textile Trade Marks and the Repealed Chapter X pages 458 to 461
    13. 102 Infringement and Passing Off Compared pages 462 to 466
    14. 103 The Classical Trinity of Passing Off pages 467 to 470
    15. 104 Goodwill, and What Passing Off Protects pages 471 to 475
    16. 105 Misrepresentation and Damage pages 476 to 480
    17. 106 Dilution, Blurring and Tarnishment pages 481 to 485
    18. 107 The Court in Which a Suit Is Brought: Section 134 pages 486 to 489
    19. 108 Who May Sue, and Whom To Sue pages 490 to 494
    20. 109 The Reliefs: Section 135 pages 495 to 499
    21. 110 Interim Injunctions in a Trade Mark Suit pages 500 to 504
    22. 111 Ex Parte Orders, Local Commissioners, Anton Piller and John Doe pages 505 to 508
    23. 112 Damages and the Account of Profits pages 509 to 512
    24. 113 Delivery Up, Destruction and Erasure pages 513 to 516
    25. 114 Defences to an Infringement Action pages 517 to 523
    26. 115 Evidence in a Trade Mark Suit pages 524 to 528
    27. 116 The Passing Off Action pages 529 to 532
    28. 117 Trade Dress and Get Up pages 533 to 537
    29. 118 Trade Names and Business Names pages 538 to 542
    30. 119 Domain Names and Cybersquatting pages 543 to 546
    31. 120 Reverse and Extended Passing Off pages 547 to 551
    32. 121 Proving Goodwill and Reputation pages 552 to 556
    33. 122 Remedies and Jurisdiction in a Passing Off Suit pages 557 to 560
    34. 123 Certification Trade Marks: Chapter IX pages 561 to 564
    35. 124 Registering a Certification Trade Mark pages 565 to 569
    36. 125 The Regulations Governing a Certification Trade Mark pages 570 to 574
    37. 126 Infringement of a Certification Trade Mark pages 575 to 579
    38. 127 Certification, Collective and Ordinary Marks Compared pages 580 to 583

    Module IV 35 chapters

    1. 128 Applying a Mark and a Trade Description pages 584 to 588
    2. 129 Falsifying and Falsely Applying a Mark pages 589 to 592
    3. 130 The Principal Offence: Section 103 pages 593 to 596
    4. 131 Selling Goods With a False Mark: Section 104 pages 597 to 600
    5. 132 Enhanced Penalty on a Second Conviction pages 601 to 603
    6. 133 Falsely Representing a Mark as Registered pages 604 to 608
    7. 134 The Jan Vishwas Act 2023 and Decriminalisation pages 609 to 613
    8. 135 Defences, Forfeiture and Exemptions pages 614 to 618
    9. 136 Offences by Companies, and Abetment Abroad pages 619 to 623
    10. 137 Cognizance, Search and Seizure, and Procedure pages 624 to 629
    11. 138 Groundless Threats of Legal Proceedings: Section 142 pages 630 to 634
    12. 139 What Is, and What Is Not, a Threat pages 635 to 638
    13. 140 Quia Timet Actions and Declarations of Non Infringement pages 639 to 642
    14. 141 The Intellectual Property Appellate Board pages 643 to 646
    15. 142 The Tribunals Reforms Act 2021 pages 647 to 650
    16. 143 Appeals to the High Court: Section 91 pages 651 to 654
    17. 144 The Registrar in Legal Proceedings, and the Bar to Appear pages 655 to 659
    18. 145 Review, Writs and the Intellectual Property Division pages 660 to 663
    19. 146 Trade Marks on the Internet pages 664 to 667
    20. 147 Intermediary Liability and E Commerce Marketplaces pages 668 to 672
    21. 148 Non Conventional Marks in Practice pages 673 to 676
    22. 149 Well Known Marks, Dilution and Brand Value pages 677 to 681
    23. 150 Merchandising, Character Marks and Personality Rights pages 682 to 686
    24. 151 Comparative Advertising and Disparagement pages 687 to 691
    25. 152 Parallel Imports and Grey Market Goods pages 692 to 696
    26. 153 Trade Marks, Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse pages 697 to 701
    27. 154 Border Measures and Customs Enforcement pages 702 to 708
    28. 155 TRIPS Enforcement and the Indian Remedies pages 709 to 715
    29. 156 Trade Mark Agents and the Address for Service pages 716 to 720
    30. 157 A Mark Registered by an Agent Without Authority pages 721 to 725
    31. 158 Indexes, Public Inspection and the Report to Parliament pages 726 to 729
    32. 159 Fees, Savings, and the Government Bound pages 730 to 734
    33. 160 Implied Warranty on Sale, and Trade Usages pages 735 to 739
    34. 161 Good Faith, Public Servants and Removal of Difficulties pages 740 to 744
    35. 162 The Rest of the Act, and How to Read It pages 745 to 750
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    Module I

    1. What Legal Education Is 1
    2. Why a Country Needs Legal Education: The Lawyer and the Judge 5
    3. The Other Careers a Law Degree Builds 9
    4. Legal Education and the Citizen 13
    5. Legal Education in the Constitution and in the Advocates Act 17
    6. The Rest of the Bar Council and Enrolment Provisions 21
    7. Legal Education in Ancient and Medieval India 26
    8. Legal Education in India Before Independence 30
    9. The Fourteenth Law Commission Report 34
    10. The 184th Report and the Argument About Standards 38
    11. The National Law Universities and the Five Year Course 42
    12. Legal Education and the National Education Policy 2020 46
    13. Two Regulators, One Course 50
    14. What the LL.M. Is For 54
    15. The Rules of Legal Education 2008 57
    16. Who May Teach Law 61
    17. The Two Law Courses, and Who May Join Them 64
    18. What Must Be Taught: Standard of Courses and the Curriculum 68
    19. The Semester System, the Infrastructure and the End Semester Test 71
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    1. Inspection, Approval and Revocation 75
    2. Accreditation, and the Machinery Behind the Rules 79
    3. Continuing Legal Education 82
    4. Foreign Degrees and Foreign Universities 86
    5. The Rest of the Rules of Legal Education 89
    6. How Law Is Taught, and Why the Method Matters 93
    7. The Lecture Method 96
    8. The Case Method 100
    9. The Problem Method 104
    10. Discussion, the Socratic Method, the Seminar and the Tutorial 107
    11. The Project and the Assignment 111
    12. Learning by Doing: The Clinical Method, Simulation and Role Play 114
    13. The Moot Court 118
    14. Out of the Classroom: Court Visits, Trial Observation and Internship 122
    15. Technology, E-Learning and the Online Classroom 126
    16. Teaching Legal Research and Legal Writing 129
    17. Choosing a Method, and Combining Methods 133
    18. What an Examination Is For 136
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    1. What Is Wrong With the Traditional Examination 139
    2. Continuous Internal Assessment and the Semester Pattern 142
    3. Question Types: Objective, Problem and Open Book 145
    4. Assessment Beyond the Written Paper 149
    5. Examining the Clinical Courses 153
    6. Marks, Grades and Credits 156
    7. Moderation, Revaluation and Transparency 159
    8. The All India Bar Examination 162
    9. Examination Reform in the Law Commission Reports and in NEP 2020 166
    10. Malpractice and Academic Integrity in Examinations 170
    11. What Examination Reform Actually Requires 173

    Module II

    1. What Clinical Legal Education Is 176
    2. Where the Clinic Came From 180
    3. What the Clinic Is For 184
    4. The Kinds of Clinic 187
    5. The Four Compulsory Clinical Papers 191
    6. The Legal Aid Clinic in a Law College 195
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    1. Why Clinical Legal Education Has Not Worked in India 199
    2. What Legal Aid Is, and Why a State Provides It 203
    3. Article 39A and the Constitutional Duty 207
    4. Legal Aid Before the 1987 Act 212
    5. The Legal Services Authorities Act: The Machinery 216
    6. Who Is Entitled to Legal Aid 220
    7. Paying for Legal Aid, and the Rest of the Act 224
    8. How a Person Actually Gets Legal Aid 228
    9. The Legal Services Clinic 232
    10. The Lok Adalat 236
    11. The Permanent Lok Adalat 241
    12. The Judgments That Made Legal Aid a Right 246
    13. Legal Aid: What Still Does Not Work 252
    14. What Legal Literacy Is 256
    15. How Legal Literacy Is Delivered 260
    16. The Law Student and Legal Literacy 264
    17. What a Legal Survey Is 268
    18. How a Legal Survey Is Done 272
    19. Surveys That Changed the Law 276
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    1. What Law Reform Is, and Who Does It 280
    2. The Law Commission of India 284
    3. From Report to Statute 288
    4. Research as the Engine of Law Reform 292
    5. Law Reform by the Courts, and Its Limits 296

    Module III

    1. What Research Is 300
    2. What Legal Research Is 303
    3. The Objectives of Legal Research 306
    4. What Makes Research Good 309
    5. Pure and Applied Research 312
    6. Descriptive and Analytical Research 315
    7. Quantitative and Qualitative Research 318
    8. Conceptual and Empirical Research 321
    9. Doctrinal Research 324
    10. Doctrinal Research: Merits and Demerits 327
    11. Non Doctrinal Research 331
    12. Non Doctrinal Research: Merits and Demerits 334
    13. Induction and Deduction in Legal Reasoning 337
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    1. Comparative Legal Research 341
    2. Historical Legal Research 345
    3. Analytical and Critical Legal Research 349
    4. Interdisciplinary Legal Research 353
    5. The Primary Sources of Legal Research 357
    6. The Secondary Sources of Legal Research 360
    7. Juristic Writings and Legal Periodicals 363
    8. Legal Databases and How to Search Them 367
    9. Computers, ICT and Legal Research 371
    10. The Digest, the Citator and Tracing a Case 375
    11. Observation and the Interview 378
    12. The Questionnaire and the Schedule 382
    13. The Case Study 386
    14. The Survey 389
    15. Sampling: What It Is and Why It Is Used 393
    16. Probability Sampling 396
    17. Non Probability Sampling 400
    18. Scaling and Measurement 404
    19. Processing and Analysing Data 407
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    1. What Empirical Work in Law Cannot Do 411
    2. Research and the Judicial Process 415
    3. What a Research Problem Is 419
    4. Where Research Problems Come From 422
    5. Choosing Between Problems 426
    6. Narrowing and Defining the Problem 429
    7. Research Questions, Aims and Objectives 432
    8. What a Hypothesis Is 436
    9. Where a Hypothesis Comes From, and What Makes It Usable 440
    10. The Types of Hypothesis 444
    11. Formulating a Hypothesis 448
    12. Testing a Hypothesis 451
    13. When the Hypothesis Is Disproved 455
    14. Does Doctrinal Research Need a Hypothesis 459

    Module IV

    1. What a Research Design Is 462
    2. What Makes a Research Design Good 466
    3. The Exploratory or Formulative Design 470
    4. Descriptive and Diagnostic Designs 473
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    1. The Experimental Design 476
    2. Historical and Case Study Designs 479
    3. The Parts of a Research Design, and MU's Own List 482
    4. The Introduction 486
    5. Aims and Objectives of the Study 489
    6. Scope of Study, and Its Limitations 493
    7. The Review of Literature 497
    8. Sources of Information 501
    9. The Research Methodology Section 504
    10. Chapterisation 508
    11. The Sampling Design and the Data Collection Design 511
    12. Time, Cost and the Practical Design 514
    13. The Synopsis or Research Proposal 517
    14. Citation: Footnotes, APA and Legal Citation 521
    15. Bibliography and Webliography 525
    16. Plagiarism and the UGC Regulations 528
    17. Artificial Intelligence Tools in Research 533
    18. Research Ethics Beyond Plagiarism 537
    19. Writing the Report 541
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    1. Conclusion and Suggestions 545
    2. The Viva Voce on the Dissertation 549
    3. What Goes Wrong in a Research Design 553
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    Module I 48 chapters

    1. 1 What Legal Education Is pages 1 to 4
    2. 2 Why a Country Needs Legal Education: The Lawyer and the Judge pages 5 to 8
    3. 3 The Other Careers a Law Degree Builds pages 9 to 12
    4. 4 Legal Education and the Citizen pages 13 to 16
    5. 5 Legal Education in the Constitution and in the Advocates Act pages 17 to 20
    6. 6 The Rest of the Bar Council and Enrolment Provisions pages 21 to 25
    7. 7 Legal Education in Ancient and Medieval India pages 26 to 29
    8. 8 Legal Education in India Before Independence pages 30 to 33
    9. 9 The Fourteenth Law Commission Report pages 34 to 37
    10. 10 The 184th Report and the Argument About Standards pages 38 to 41
    11. 11 The National Law Universities and the Five Year Course pages 42 to 45
    12. 12 Legal Education and the National Education Policy 2020 pages 46 to 49
    13. 13 Two Regulators, One Course pages 50 to 53
    14. 14 What the LL.M. Is For pages 54 to 56
    15. 15 The Rules of Legal Education 2008 pages 57 to 60
    16. 16 Who May Teach Law pages 61 to 63
    17. 17 The Two Law Courses, and Who May Join Them pages 64 to 67
    18. 18 What Must Be Taught: Standard of Courses and the Curriculum pages 68 to 70
    19. 19 The Semester System, the Infrastructure and the End Semester Test pages 71 to 74
    20. 20 Inspection, Approval and Revocation pages 75 to 78
    21. 21 Accreditation, and the Machinery Behind the Rules pages 79 to 81
    22. 22 Continuing Legal Education pages 82 to 85
    23. 23 Foreign Degrees and Foreign Universities pages 86 to 88
    24. 24 The Rest of the Rules of Legal Education pages 89 to 92
    25. 25 How Law Is Taught, and Why the Method Matters pages 93 to 95
    26. 26 The Lecture Method pages 96 to 99
    27. 27 The Case Method pages 100 to 103
    28. 28 The Problem Method pages 104 to 106
    29. 29 Discussion, the Socratic Method, the Seminar and the Tutorial pages 107 to 110
    30. 30 The Project and the Assignment pages 111 to 113
    31. 31 Learning by Doing: The Clinical Method, Simulation and Role Play pages 114 to 117
    32. 32 The Moot Court pages 118 to 121
    33. 33 Out of the Classroom: Court Visits, Trial Observation and Internship pages 122 to 125
    34. 34 Technology, E-Learning and the Online Classroom pages 126 to 128
    35. 35 Teaching Legal Research and Legal Writing pages 129 to 132
    36. 36 Choosing a Method, and Combining Methods pages 133 to 135
    37. 37 What an Examination Is For pages 136 to 138
    38. 38 What Is Wrong With the Traditional Examination pages 139 to 141
    39. 39 Continuous Internal Assessment and the Semester Pattern pages 142 to 144
    40. 40 Question Types: Objective, Problem and Open Book pages 145 to 148
    41. 41 Assessment Beyond the Written Paper pages 149 to 152
    42. 42 Examining the Clinical Courses pages 153 to 155
    43. 43 Marks, Grades and Credits pages 156 to 158
    44. 44 Moderation, Revaluation and Transparency pages 159 to 161
    45. 45 The All India Bar Examination pages 162 to 165
    46. 46 Examination Reform in the Law Commission Reports and in NEP 2020 pages 166 to 169
    47. 47 Malpractice and Academic Integrity in Examinations pages 170 to 172
    48. 48 What Examination Reform Actually Requires pages 173 to 175

    Module II 30 chapters

    1. 49 What Clinical Legal Education Is pages 176 to 179
    2. 50 Where the Clinic Came From pages 180 to 183
    3. 51 What the Clinic Is For pages 184 to 186
    4. 52 The Kinds of Clinic pages 187 to 190
    5. 53 The Four Compulsory Clinical Papers pages 191 to 194
    6. 54 The Legal Aid Clinic in a Law College pages 195 to 198
    7. 55 Why Clinical Legal Education Has Not Worked in India pages 199 to 202
    8. 56 What Legal Aid Is, and Why a State Provides It pages 203 to 206
    9. 57 Article 39A and the Constitutional Duty pages 207 to 211
    10. 58 Legal Aid Before the 1987 Act pages 212 to 215
    11. 59 The Legal Services Authorities Act: The Machinery pages 216 to 219
    12. 60 Who Is Entitled to Legal Aid pages 220 to 223
    13. 61 Paying for Legal Aid, and the Rest of the Act pages 224 to 227
    14. 62 How a Person Actually Gets Legal Aid pages 228 to 231
    15. 63 The Legal Services Clinic pages 232 to 235
    16. 64 The Lok Adalat pages 236 to 240
    17. 65 The Permanent Lok Adalat pages 241 to 245
    18. 66 The Judgments That Made Legal Aid a Right pages 246 to 251
    19. 67 Legal Aid: What Still Does Not Work pages 252 to 255
    20. 68 What Legal Literacy Is pages 256 to 259
    21. 69 How Legal Literacy Is Delivered pages 260 to 263
    22. 70 The Law Student and Legal Literacy pages 264 to 267
    23. 71 What a Legal Survey Is pages 268 to 271
    24. 72 How a Legal Survey Is Done pages 272 to 275
    25. 73 Surveys That Changed the Law pages 276 to 279
    26. 74 What Law Reform Is, and Who Does It pages 280 to 283
    27. 75 The Law Commission of India pages 284 to 287
    28. 76 From Report to Statute pages 288 to 291
    29. 77 Research as the Engine of Law Reform pages 292 to 295
    30. 78 Law Reform by the Courts, and Its Limits pages 296 to 299

    Module III 46 chapters

    1. 79 What Research Is pages 300 to 302
    2. 80 What Legal Research Is pages 303 to 305
    3. 81 The Objectives of Legal Research pages 306 to 308
    4. 82 What Makes Research Good pages 309 to 311
    5. 83 Pure and Applied Research pages 312 to 314
    6. 84 Descriptive and Analytical Research pages 315 to 317
    7. 85 Quantitative and Qualitative Research pages 318 to 320
    8. 86 Conceptual and Empirical Research pages 321 to 323
    9. 87 Doctrinal Research pages 324 to 326
    10. 88 Doctrinal Research: Merits and Demerits pages 327 to 330
    11. 89 Non Doctrinal Research pages 331 to 333
    12. 90 Non Doctrinal Research: Merits and Demerits pages 334 to 336
    13. 91 Induction and Deduction in Legal Reasoning pages 337 to 340
    14. 92 Comparative Legal Research pages 341 to 344
    15. 93 Historical Legal Research pages 345 to 348
    16. 94 Analytical and Critical Legal Research pages 349 to 352
    17. 95 Interdisciplinary Legal Research pages 353 to 356
    18. 96 The Primary Sources of Legal Research pages 357 to 359
    19. 97 The Secondary Sources of Legal Research pages 360 to 362
    20. 98 Juristic Writings and Legal Periodicals pages 363 to 366
    21. 99 Legal Databases and How to Search Them pages 367 to 370
    22. 100 Computers, ICT and Legal Research pages 371 to 374
    23. 101 The Digest, the Citator and Tracing a Case pages 375 to 377
    24. 102 Observation and the Interview pages 378 to 381
    25. 103 The Questionnaire and the Schedule pages 382 to 385
    26. 104 The Case Study pages 386 to 388
    27. 105 The Survey pages 389 to 392
    28. 106 Sampling: What It Is and Why It Is Used pages 393 to 395
    29. 107 Probability Sampling pages 396 to 399
    30. 108 Non Probability Sampling pages 400 to 403
    31. 109 Scaling and Measurement pages 404 to 406
    32. 110 Processing and Analysing Data pages 407 to 410
    33. 111 What Empirical Work in Law Cannot Do pages 411 to 414
    34. 112 Research and the Judicial Process pages 415 to 418
    35. 113 What a Research Problem Is pages 419 to 421
    36. 114 Where Research Problems Come From pages 422 to 425
    37. 115 Choosing Between Problems pages 426 to 428
    38. 116 Narrowing and Defining the Problem pages 429 to 431
    39. 117 Research Questions, Aims and Objectives pages 432 to 435
    40. 118 What a Hypothesis Is pages 436 to 439
    41. 119 Where a Hypothesis Comes From, and What Makes It Usable pages 440 to 443
    42. 120 The Types of Hypothesis pages 444 to 447
    43. 121 Formulating a Hypothesis pages 448 to 450
    44. 122 Testing a Hypothesis pages 451 to 454
    45. 123 When the Hypothesis Is Disproved pages 455 to 458
    46. 124 Does Doctrinal Research Need a Hypothesis pages 459 to 461

    Module IV 26 chapters

    1. 125 What a Research Design Is pages 462 to 465
    2. 126 What Makes a Research Design Good pages 466 to 469
    3. 127 The Exploratory or Formulative Design pages 470 to 472
    4. 128 Descriptive and Diagnostic Designs pages 473 to 475
    5. 129 The Experimental Design pages 476 to 478
    6. 130 Historical and Case Study Designs pages 479 to 481
    7. 131 The Parts of a Research Design, and MU's Own List pages 482 to 485
    8. 132 The Introduction pages 486 to 488
    9. 133 Aims and Objectives of the Study pages 489 to 492
    10. 134 Scope of Study, and Its Limitations pages 493 to 496
    11. 135 The Review of Literature pages 497 to 500
    12. 136 Sources of Information pages 501 to 503
    13. 137 The Research Methodology Section pages 504 to 507
    14. 138 Chapterisation pages 508 to 510
    15. 139 The Sampling Design and the Data Collection Design pages 511 to 513
    16. 140 Time, Cost and the Practical Design pages 514 to 516
    17. 141 The Synopsis or Research Proposal pages 517 to 520
    18. 142 Citation: Footnotes, APA and Legal Citation pages 521 to 524
    19. 143 Bibliography and Webliography pages 525 to 527
    20. 144 Plagiarism and the UGC Regulations pages 528 to 532
    21. 145 Artificial Intelligence Tools in Research pages 533 to 536
    22. 146 Research Ethics Beyond Plagiarism pages 537 to 540
    23. 147 Writing the Report pages 541 to 544
    24. 148 Conclusion and Suggestions pages 545 to 548
    25. 149 The Viva Voce on the Dissertation pages 549 to 552
    26. 150 What Goes Wrong in a Research Design pages 553 to 556
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  4. Judicial Process

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    Judicial Process

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    Contents

    Module I

    1. What the Judicial Process Is 1
    2. The Judicial Process as an Instrument of Social Ordering 6
    3. Cardozo and the Nature of the Judicial Process 11
    4. The Declaratory Theory and the Living Oracle 15
    5. Judicial Reasoning, not Calculation 19
    6. The Final Cause of Law Is the Welfare of Society 23
    7. The Gap in the Law 27
    8. Creation, not Discovery 31
    9. The Method of Philosophy: The Rule of Logic 36
    10. The Method of History 40
    11. The Method of Tradition and Custom 44
    12. The Method of Sociology 48
    13. Judicial Creativity and the Growth of Law 53
    14. The Tools and Techniques of Judicial Creativity 57
    15. The Limits of Judicial Creativity 62
    16. The Doctrine of Precedent 67
    17. Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta 71
    18. When a Precedent Binds, and When It Does Not 75
    19. The Merits and the Demerits of Precedent 79
    20. Distinguishing and Overruling: Precedent as Creativity 83
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    Module I continued

    1. Article 141 and Stare Decisis in India 87
    2. When the Supreme Court Departs from Itself 91
    3. Legal Development through Codification 95

    Module II

    1. The Special Dimensions of the Judicial Process 99
    2. What Judicial Review Is 103
    3. The Constitutional Basis of Judicial Review in India 107
    4. The Grounds of Judicial Review 111
    5. Judicial Review as a Basic Feature of the Constitution 115
    6. The Philosophy of Judicial Review and Limited Government 120
    7. The Role of the Courts in Constitutional Adjudication 124
    8. Judicial Review as a Check on Power 128
    9. What Judicial Activism Is 132
    10. The Varieties of Judicial Activism 136
    11. The Scope and the Necessity of Judicial Activism 140
    12. The Limits of Judicial Activism and the Charge of Overreach 144
    13. Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint 149
    14. Judicial Accountability 153
    15. The Institutional Liability of the Courts: Scope and Limits 157
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    Module II continued

    1. The Accountability of the Executive 161
    2. The Judicial Process in India 165
    3. The Independence of the Judiciary 169
    4. The Constitutional Guarantees of Independence 173
    5. The Appointment of Judges 177
    6. The First Judges Case 181
    7. The Second Judges Case 184
    8. The Third Judges Case 187
    9. The National Judicial Appointments Commission 191
    10. The Political Nature of the Judicial Process 195
    11. Structural Vulnerability and the Political Executive 199
    12. The Judicial Creativity of the Supreme Court of India 203
    13. The Judicial Process in Pursuit of Constitutional Goals and Values 207
    14. New Dimensions of Judicial Activism, and the Structural Challenges 211
    15. Constitutional Jurisprudence Built through Judicial Activism 215
    16. What Public Interest Litigation Is 219
    17. Locus Standi and Epistolary Jurisdiction 223
    18. PIL as a Judicial Arm Creating New Dimensions for Achieving Justice 227
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    Module II continued

    1. The Misuse of PIL, and the Remedies 231
    2. The Constitution as a Living Document 235
    3. Creative Law-Making and the New Socio-Economic Rights 239
    4. Substance over Technicality: Articles 14 and 21 243
    5. Individual Freedom and Collective Welfare 247
    6. Judicial Activism for the Marginalised 251
    7. The Prison Cases and the Dignity of the Individual 255

    Module III

    1. What Justice Is 259
    2. Dharma: What the Word Means 263
    3. The Sources of Dharma 267
    4. Dharma as the Foundation of Legal Ordering 271
    5. Dharma as the Foundation of Justice in India 275
    6. The Aspects of Dharma 279
    7. Raja Dharma: The Duty of the Ruler 283
    8. Dharma in the Indian Legal System Today 287
    9. The Purpose of Dharma 291
    10. Dharma Is Not Religion 295
    11. Dharma, Natural Justice and the Rule of Law 299
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    Module III continued

    1. Justice in Greek Thought: Plato and Aristotle 303
    2. The Liberal Contractual Tradition 307
    3. Rawls and Justice as Fairness 311
    4. The Liberal Moral Tradition: Kant 315
    5. The Liberal Utilitarian Tradition: Bentham and Mill 319
    6. The Critics of Liberal Justice 324

    Module IV

    1. The Relation between Law and Justice 328
    2. Equivalence Theories of Justice 332
    3. Dependency Theories of Justice 336
    4. The Independence of Justice from Law 340
    5. The Interrelationship, Read through the Theories of Justice 344
    6. Law and Justice in the Indian Constitutional Order 348
    7. Supreme Court Cases Read through the Theories of Justice 352
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    Every chapter in the notes: 87 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I 23 chapters

    1. 1 What the Judicial Process Is pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 The Judicial Process as an Instrument of Social Ordering pages 6 to 10
    3. 3 Cardozo and the Nature of the Judicial Process pages 11 to 14
    4. 4 The Declaratory Theory and the Living Oracle pages 15 to 18
    5. 5 Judicial Reasoning, not Calculation pages 19 to 22
    6. 6 The Final Cause of Law Is the Welfare of Society pages 23 to 26
    7. 7 The Gap in the Law pages 27 to 30
    8. 8 Creation, not Discovery pages 31 to 35
    9. 9 The Method of Philosophy: The Rule of Logic pages 36 to 39
    10. 10 The Method of History pages 40 to 43
    11. 11 The Method of Tradition and Custom pages 44 to 47
    12. 12 The Method of Sociology pages 48 to 52
    13. 13 Judicial Creativity and the Growth of Law pages 53 to 56
    14. 14 The Tools and Techniques of Judicial Creativity pages 57 to 61
    15. 15 The Limits of Judicial Creativity pages 62 to 66
    16. 16 The Doctrine of Precedent pages 67 to 70
    17. 17 Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta pages 71 to 74
    18. 18 When a Precedent Binds, and When It Does Not pages 75 to 78
    19. 19 The Merits and the Demerits of Precedent pages 79 to 82
    20. 20 Distinguishing and Overruling: Precedent as Creativity pages 83 to 86
    21. 21 Article 141 and Stare Decisis in India pages 87 to 90
    22. 22 When the Supreme Court Departs from Itself pages 91 to 94
    23. 23 Legal Development through Codification pages 95 to 98

    Module II 40 chapters

    1. 24 The Special Dimensions of the Judicial Process pages 99 to 102
    2. 25 What Judicial Review Is pages 103 to 106
    3. 26 The Constitutional Basis of Judicial Review in India pages 107 to 110
    4. 27 The Grounds of Judicial Review pages 111 to 114
    5. 28 Judicial Review as a Basic Feature of the Constitution pages 115 to 119
    6. 29 The Philosophy of Judicial Review and Limited Government pages 120 to 123
    7. 30 The Role of the Courts in Constitutional Adjudication pages 124 to 127
    8. 31 Judicial Review as a Check on Power pages 128 to 131
    9. 32 What Judicial Activism Is pages 132 to 135
    10. 33 The Varieties of Judicial Activism pages 136 to 139
    11. 34 The Scope and the Necessity of Judicial Activism pages 140 to 143
    12. 35 The Limits of Judicial Activism and the Charge of Overreach pages 144 to 148
    13. 36 Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint pages 149 to 152
    14. 37 Judicial Accountability pages 153 to 156
    15. 38 The Institutional Liability of the Courts: Scope and Limits pages 157 to 160
    16. 39 The Accountability of the Executive pages 161 to 164
    17. 40 The Judicial Process in India pages 165 to 168
    18. 41 The Independence of the Judiciary pages 169 to 172
    19. 42 The Constitutional Guarantees of Independence pages 173 to 176
    20. 43 The Appointment of Judges pages 177 to 180
    21. 44 The First Judges Case pages 181 to 183
    22. 45 The Second Judges Case pages 184 to 186
    23. 46 The Third Judges Case pages 187 to 190
    24. 47 The National Judicial Appointments Commission pages 191 to 194
    25. 48 The Political Nature of the Judicial Process pages 195 to 198
    26. 49 Structural Vulnerability and the Political Executive pages 199 to 202
    27. 50 The Judicial Creativity of the Supreme Court of India pages 203 to 206
    28. 51 The Judicial Process in Pursuit of Constitutional Goals and Values pages 207 to 210
    29. 52 New Dimensions of Judicial Activism, and the Structural Challenges pages 211 to 214
    30. 53 Constitutional Jurisprudence Built through Judicial Activism pages 215 to 218
    31. 54 What Public Interest Litigation Is pages 219 to 222
    32. 55 Locus Standi and Epistolary Jurisdiction pages 223 to 226
    33. 56 PIL as a Judicial Arm Creating New Dimensions for Achieving Justice pages 227 to 230
    34. 57 The Misuse of PIL, and the Remedies pages 231 to 234
    35. 58 The Constitution as a Living Document pages 235 to 238
    36. 59 Creative Law-Making and the New Socio-Economic Rights pages 239 to 242
    37. 60 Substance over Technicality: Articles 14 and 21 pages 243 to 246
    38. 61 Individual Freedom and Collective Welfare pages 247 to 250
    39. 62 Judicial Activism for the Marginalised pages 251 to 254
    40. 63 The Prison Cases and the Dignity of the Individual pages 255 to 258

    Module III 17 chapters

    1. 64 What Justice Is pages 259 to 262
    2. 65 Dharma: What the Word Means pages 263 to 266
    3. 66 The Sources of Dharma pages 267 to 270
    4. 67 Dharma as the Foundation of Legal Ordering pages 271 to 274
    5. 68 Dharma as the Foundation of Justice in India pages 275 to 278
    6. 69 The Aspects of Dharma pages 279 to 282
    7. 70 Raja Dharma: The Duty of the Ruler pages 283 to 286
    8. 71 Dharma in the Indian Legal System Today pages 287 to 290
    9. 72 The Purpose of Dharma pages 291 to 294
    10. 73 Dharma Is Not Religion pages 295 to 298
    11. 74 Dharma, Natural Justice and the Rule of Law pages 299 to 302
    12. 75 Justice in Greek Thought: Plato and Aristotle pages 303 to 306
    13. 76 The Liberal Contractual Tradition pages 307 to 310
    14. 77 Rawls and Justice as Fairness pages 311 to 314
    15. 78 The Liberal Moral Tradition: Kant pages 315 to 318
    16. 79 The Liberal Utilitarian Tradition: Bentham and Mill pages 319 to 323
    17. 80 The Critics of Liberal Justice pages 324 to 327

    Module IV 7 chapters

    1. 81 The Relation between Law and Justice pages 328 to 331
    2. 82 Equivalence Theories of Justice pages 332 to 335
    3. 83 Dependency Theories of Justice pages 336 to 339
    4. 84 The Independence of Justice from Law pages 340 to 343
    5. 85 The Interrelationship, Read through the Theories of Justice pages 344 to 347
    6. 86 Law and Justice in the Indian Constitutional Order pages 348 to 351
    7. 87 Supreme Court Cases Read through the Theories of Justice pages 352 to 356
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