Category: Team Contributions
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When Outcomes Tempt the Law: A Jurisprudential Reading of Justice in The Juror
[By Rohit Rohilla, Faculty and Mentor, LiveLaw Academy] In the 1996 thriller The Juror, one of the most intellectually arresting moments does not occur in the courtroom but inside the jury deliberation room. The scene is deceptively simple: a group of ordinary citizens must decide the fate of a man accused of a violent crime.…
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Kelsen ‘ought’ to differ on ‘is’!
‘Grundnorm’ just like any other word or term ‘ought’ to refer to a particular phenomenon as perceived by the user, however labelling a constitution as the grundnorm ‘is’ a misnomer. [By Shaurya Chopra, Fourth Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at NLIU, Bhopal] Background – The Pure Theory Hans Kelsen expounded one of the most successful…