In this article, we will be discussing the Top 15 Must Read Books for Law Students in India.
1. Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography by Fali S Nariman
Fali S. Nariman is a well known name as he has been involved in many high profile cases. In Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography, he tells his own story, from his childhood to his days in the Bombay High Court and continues to present his experiences as he rose to higher positions.
2. Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future by Richard Susskind
Tomorrow’s Lawyers predicts fundamental and irreversible changes in the world of law. For Richard Susskind, best-selling author of The End of Lawyers?, the future of legal service will be neither Grisham nor Rumpole. Instead, it will be a world of virtual courts, Internet-based global legal businesses, online document production, commoditized service, legal process outsourcing, and web-based simulated practice.
3. Nani Palkhivala: The Courtroom Genius by Soli J Sorabjee and Arvind P Datar
This book offers a rare insight of working methods and advocacy style of Nani Palkhivala, The Courtroom Genius. No student of law, no lawyer, no chartered accountant, no member of the judiciary, and no well-informed citizen can afford to miss reading this book. https://youtu.be/zMtoN4C10uM
4. Landmark Judgments that Changed India by Ashok K. Ganguly
The executive, the legislature and the judiciary are the three branches of government, both state and central, in India. Of these, it is the judiciary’s task to uphold constitutional values and ensure justice for all. The interpretation and application of constitutional values by the judicial system has had far-reaching impact, often even altering provisions of the Constitution itself.
5. Court and Their Judgments by Arun Shourie
‘An outstanding effort’ – Chief Justice Venkatachaliah ‘An extraordinary book’ – Fali S. Nariman ‘Unputdownable’ – Ashok Desai First published in 2001, Courts and Their Judgments soon became a pioneering work on the subject. It raised important questions on the functioning of our judiciary – questions that continue to be as relevant today.
6. Legal Eagles: Stories of the Top Seven Indian Lawyers by Indu Bhan
Indian judicial system has garnered worldwide fame through its historical and remarkable judgements and the hard work of its judges and lawyers rarely catches the glaze of common public. Legal Eagle tries to bridge this gap. Indu Bhan?s ‘Legal Eagles: Stories of top seven Indian lawyers? traces the story of the top seven lawyers in India. Lawyers, as we commonly perceive, are not just shrewd intellectuals but much more.
7. 10 Judgements That Changed India by Zia Mody
This book presents a compilation of 10 essays on some of the most influential judgments that were passed by the Supreme Court of India and proved to be life-altering for the common man and the democracy of the nation.
8. We, the People by Nani A. Palkhivala
Nani A. Palkhivala’s name is a byword in India’s legal world. A man of many and varied parts, he has crossed with ease the law’s narrow confines and has gone beyond into numerous other fields. Palkhivala discusses many subjects – education and democracy; economic growth and social justice; socialism and taxation; crucial constitutional issues and memorable judgements; personalities and the law; nuclear proliferation and apartheid; and his experiences as the Ambassador of India to the U.S.A. https://lawyersgyan.com/best-books-for-judiciary-list/
9. We, the Nation: the Lost Decades by Nani A. Palkhivala
India, the sleeping giant of an economy – in the words of Lee Kuan Yew – is, at last, slowly stirring from its long night of slumber, drugged as it has been for decades with the opiate of socialism. This amazing subcontinent with its mosaic of colours, cultures, contrasts and maddening contradictions, always has, thanks to vast quantities of its own indigenously manufactured red tape and venal politicians, been held in thrall for so long.
10. The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of A Nation by Granville Austin
In this classic work, based on original sources, one of the world’s leading experts on Indian constitution law examines the ideals, motivations, and vision of the founders of the Indian Constitution. He analyses the extent to which they were successful in articulating India’s goals and in designing the necessary governing structures. The book shows how the constitution has been a socially revolutionary and modernizing force. The author contends that the seeds of solutions to existing and future problems can be found within the document’s principles and that it is misguided to say that the constitution has not ‘worked.’
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