Civil Law (Books and Journals)
7051 results for Civil Law (Books and Journals)
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Asian Journal of Legal Education
From No. 1-1, January 2014
to No. 10-1, January 2023
Sage Publications, Inc., 2021
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Journal of National Law University New Delhi
From No. 1-1, June 2013
to No. 8-1-2, June 2021
Sage Publications, Inc., 2021
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Indian Journal of Public Administration
From No. 1-1, January 1955
to No. 69-1, March 2023
Sage Publications, Inc., 2021
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Legal Articles
Think Legal, 2014
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Book review: R. K. Mishra and Geeta Potaraju, Creating, Building and Sustaining an Institution
R. K. Mishra and Geeta Potaraju, Creating, Building and Sustaining an Institution. New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2022, 189 pp.
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Reservations for Other Backward Classes in Jammu and Kashmir: An Impact Assessment
Reservation is a system of affirmative action that provides historically disadvantaged groups representation in education, employment and politics in India. This research article assesses the impact of reservations on the economic and educational condition of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 20041 provided for the reservations in
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Book review: Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Indian Prime Ministers: Nehru to Modi
Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Indian Prime Ministers: Nehru to Modi. Delhi: Ankur Book Distributors, 2022, ₹1,495.
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Buying and Selling of Vote in Local Body Elections: A Case Study of Telangana
This research is an in-depth study on the influence of money in local body elections in India, particularly Gram Panchayat, which is the lowest tier of local governance, and consequences thereof. The age of the voters, genders and their education plays a significant factor in stigmatising the vote-buying behaviour. Women, youths and educated have more stigma towards vote buying. Vote buying takes
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Book review: Mahendra Prasad Singh, Federalism in India
Mahendra Prasad Singh, Federalism in India. Delhi: SAGE, 2022, 294 pp., ₹1,295.
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Land and Social Power Relations in Bihar: Tale of Two Villages
There is a complex relationship between land and the network of social power in Bihar, which cannot be comprehended by a single lens. This article argues that depending upon the historical and local contexts of a place, various patterns of social power configurations evolve, which present an opportunity for theorists to move beyond the established set of narrations and broaden their lenses,...
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Finance Commissions and Disaster Risk Funding: A Paradigm Shift in Methodology by Fifteenth Finance Commission
Disaster risk financing has been in practice since the Second Finance Commission in the form of a Margin Money Scheme. Later, it was replaced with a Calamity Relief Fund and a National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF)/National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF). These funds were based on expenditure-based funding, from which a state is provided relief funds based on its past expenditure. There have been
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Unintended Effects of Policy Interactions in the Health Sector: A Case of Kerala, India
The governments of developing countries, including India, are pursuing policy mixes in collaboration with the private sector to strengthen the public health system. However, little is known about the interaction of public policies with different instrument logics. We conducted a contextual analysis of two health policies with different instrument logics—emergency care and social health insurance...
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Designing a Framework for Bidding and Estimating Life Cycle Cost in Indian Defence Sector: A Systematic Approach
Lifecycle Management (LCM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of products or services right from the inception (design, manufacture, supply) stage to the maintenance and disposal oSf products. It integrates the people, data, processes and business systems and provides product information backbone for enterprises and their extended units. LCM in the defence sector is a very critical...
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Book review: R. K. Mishra and Geeta Potaraju, Creating, Building and Sustaining an Institution
R. K. Mishra and Geeta Potaraju, Creating, Building and Sustaining an Institution. New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2022, 189 pp.
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Citizen–Administration Relationship: A Case Study of Public Service Delivery in Chandigarh—The City Beautiful, India
In recent years, the nature of citizen–administration relationship has undergone considerable transformation within the current global context. This article presents the citizen–administration relationship through a case study of the Department of Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA), Chandigarh—the city beautiful. The article is an empirical study based on primary data, with an objective to
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Book review: Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Indian Prime Ministers: Nehru to Modi
Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Indian Prime Ministers: Nehru to Modi. Delhi: Ankur Book Distributors, 2022, ₹1,495.
- P.V. Narasimha Rao: A Strategist and Commanding Contributor to Governance
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Book review: Mahendra Prasad Singh, Federalism in India
Mahendra Prasad Singh, Federalism in India. Delhi: SAGE, 2022, 294 pp., ₹1,295.
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Does Education Make Local Elected Officials More Efficient?
In recent past, various Indian States have enacted legislations prescribing minimum educational qualification norms for contesting elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)—rural self-government bodies—claiming that this would enhance the effectiveness of these local elected officials. The current study is an attempt to investigate the conceptual basis for such an assertion through analysis
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Citizen–Administration Relationship: A Case Study of Public Service Delivery in Chandigarh—The City Beautiful, India
In recent years, the nature of citizen–administration relationship has undergone considerable transformation within the current global context. This article presents the citizen–administration relationship through a case study of the Department of Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA), Chandigarh—the city beautiful. The article is an empirical study based on primary data, with an objective to
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Using Intuition to Strengthen Administrative Decision-Making
Decision-making effectiveness is vital for government functioning and its administration. However, this greatly impacts the changing circumstances of uncertainty and ambiguity. Intuition offers a viable way forward by integrating it with rational thinking and decision-making. It has a scientific basis and can be developed as a skill. It has been found to be helpful to point out the way forward...
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Affordable Housing in India: A Beneficiary Perspective
Affordable housing is the need of the hour to overcome the existing housing crisis in India. About 95% housing shortage is observed in the economically weaker sections of the society. Housing for All scheme—Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, ushered in ample opportunities by establishing a lucrative model for all stakeholders. But only 38% of the sanctioned houses are constructed in the span of 5 years.
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Designing a Framework for Bidding and Estimating Life Cycle Cost in Indian Defence Sector: A Systematic Approach
Lifecycle Management (LCM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of products or services right from the inception (design, manufacture, supply) stage to the maintenance and disposal oSf products. It integrates the people, data, processes and business systems and provides product information backbone for enterprises and their extended units. LCM in the defence sector is a very critical...
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Groundwater Governance in India: A Legal and Institutional Perspective
Availability of and accessibility to groundwater have played a considerable role in India’s development, especially in the agriculture sector. Although the groundwater boom has provided numerous advantages, it has also created a slew of intractable problems in terms of overexploitation and resource depletion, leading to the emergence of a groundwater crisis. Although there exists a policy...
- Privatisation of Prisons in India: Possibilities and Challenges
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Finance Commissions and Disaster Risk Funding: A Paradigm Shift in Methodology by Fifteenth Finance Commission
Disaster risk financing has been in practice since the Second Finance Commission in the form of a Margin Money Scheme. Later, it was replaced with a Calamity Relief Fund and a National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF)/National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF). These funds were based on expenditure-based funding, from which a state is provided relief funds based on its past expenditure. There have been
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Dimensions of Trust: A Review of Trust in Government
This article explains different dimensions of trust relevant to trust in government and, therefore, suggests a brief model for practical application. The study pursues content analysis method for theoretical treatment of knowledge produced from studying secondary sources of literature. Imitating the context, the concept of trust is clarified first, and then dimensions of trust are arranged under...
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Role of Information and Communication Technologies in the Metamorphosis of Justice Administration in India: A Legal Study
The Internet and the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have entirely changed the way governments function and have revolutionised legal governance as well all over the globe. At the international level for initiating such a gigantic change, to begin with, the Model Law on Electronic Commerce (MLEC), put forward by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- P.V. Narasimha Rao: A Strategist and Commanding Contributor to Governance
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Reservations for Other Backward Classes in Jammu and Kashmir: An Impact Assessment
Reservation is a system of affirmative action that provides historically disadvantaged groups representation in education, employment and politics in India. This research article assesses the impact of reservations on the economic and educational condition of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 20041 provided for the reservations in
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Recent Issues in Politics, Preamble and Constitution of India: An Overview
When India is marching to celebrate seventy-five years of Independence, Indian politics has undergone several changes. India has seen one-party dominance, the Emergency period, multi-party alliances, a crisis to the Constitution and much more. Many political parties and socio-political movements have come and gone through the passage of time. Many new streams of thoughts, personalities and...
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Does Education Make Local Elected Officials More Efficient?
In recent past, various Indian States have enacted legislations prescribing minimum educational qualification norms for contesting elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)—rural self-government bodies—claiming that this would enhance the effectiveness of these local elected officials. The current study is an attempt to investigate the conceptual basis for such an assertion through analysis