Suicide: Durkheim’s theory and the debate
On decriminalization of Section 309, IPC Tweisha Mishra, Student of Law, National Law Institute University, Bhopal Abstract Suicide as a phenomenon, in the present article, is focused on adolescent or…
Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
Social purpose of content of utilitarianism
Ruchika Jain, Student of Law, VIT Law School UTILITARIANISM Utilitarianism was a philosophical movement in England. It is something that fits right in ethical theory when compared with science and…
Spencer and evolutionary theory of law
S Debabrata Reddy, Student of Law, VIT LAW School, Chennai Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher and sociologist who became the author of a theory of law, justice, and…
Hegel and Philosophy of Law and interpretation
Hegel ’s philosophy starts with the criticism of Savigny and his philosophy of volksgeist. Savigny and his followers did not think about how the volksgeist, or the spirit of the…
Structure, functioning and requirement of duties
Ramya Parthasarathi, Student of Law, VIT Law School Duty is a branch of obligations. Function of duty. Structure of duty. Functioning of society. FUNCTION OF DUTY They are basically recommendations…
Roscoe Pound and philosophy of law
Akanksha Ravi, Student of Law, VIT Law School Nathan Roscoe Pound was born on October 27th, 1870. He was one of the Founders of the American Sociological Jurisprudence. Roscoe Pound,…
Natural Law School in Medieval Period
Aravind P, Student of Law, VIT Law School The word ‘Natural Law’ is well defined and can be understood with ease in the medieval philosophy. The doctrine of the philosophers…
Philosophies of Savigny, History and Evolution of Theories of Law
Aishwarya Ganesan, Student of Law, VIT Law School Natural Law Philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries looked to ‘reason’ as a cicerone to attain ideal and the most perfect…
Does the common law judge have the same discretion as a legislator in making law in “gaps”?
Naveen k. Jain, 3rd year student of Jindal Global law School Hart talks about his theory of secondary rule. He says that the secondary rule is one which authorises the…
Tracing official bias from Gullapalli to Doctrine of necessity
Palak Gupta, Student of Law, Gujarat National Law University It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive. ~ Earl Warren. Natural Justice is an…