Description
- Pub Date: January 2022
- Author : Rohan J. Alva
- Imprint: HarperCollins
- ISBN: 9789354893056
- Cover Price:599.00 inclusive of all taxes
- Page Extent: 272 Pages
- Category: Non Fiction
- Sub Category: Law/ Jurisprudence
- Format Descript
About the Book
Liberty After Freedom explores the origins of what is today considered the most important fundamental right in the Indian Constitution - the right to life and personal liberty guaranteed by Article 21. This is the article which in recent years made the right to privacy as well as the decriminalization of homosexuality possible. Without a
doubt, Article 21 has had the most outsized influence on the progressive development of rights in India.
But the story of how this important right was birthed is deeply controversial and its passage in the Constituent Assembly divided opinion like no other feature of the Constitution. Liberty After Freedom explores the intellectual beginnings of this paramount fundamental right in an attempt to decode and unravel the controversies which raged at the time the Constitution was being crafted.
Written in lucid prose and drawing extensively on the Constituent Assembly debates as well as a wide array of scholarly literature, it questions long-held beliefs and sheds new and important light on the fraught history of due process and Article 21. It is an indispensable book for the legal community and for everyone interested in the
genesis of the Constitution.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rohan J. Alva is a counsel practicing in the Supreme Court of India. He earned his LLM from Harvard Law School, where he focused on constitutional law, which he read for on numerous scholarships including as a Tata Scholar and on a Harvard Law School Scholarship. He holds a BA in History from Loyola College, University of Madras, and an LLB from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, where he was editor of the Delhi Law Review. Before joining Harvard, he worked as a pro bono counsel for children. His writings have been published in internationally respected journals including Statute Law Review (Oxford University Press) and Hong Kong Law Journal. Prior to starting his counsel practice, he was a professor at Jindal Global Law School, where he was awarded the Excellence in Research Award. He has also been Visiting Faculty at NLSIU, Bengaluru. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the violin. He lives in New Delhi with his wife Nina, also a graduate of Harvard Law School and a counsel, two children, Zarina and Cyrus, and two dogs, Jerry and Jackie.
