What do you love about the law, Andrew? I… many things… uh… uh… What I love the most about the law?
Yeah. ..
It’s that every now and again – not often, but occasionally – you get to be a part of justice being done. That really is quite a thrill when that happens.
- Courtroom scene in Philadelphia
At some point of time in law school you tend, inevitably so , to fall in love with the law. The apathetic few feel sorry for your overt passion towards an evidently morose set of rules, and in not wasting the slightest to comprehend, appreciate and critique them. To those who’ve brushed shoulders with this Infatuation, however, the process of analyzing extant legal regimes offers an irreconcilable thrill. They also know that the law does not stand in isolation, but is in symbiosis with the society and its constituents.
The Social Blog was a platform dedicated to addressing these interdisciplinary concerns that fuel societal machinery. While born over a year ago, the blog found its true character since February, 2008 and has been going strong ever since. In course of time, we have expressed our views on practically every socio-legal issue under the sun, right from local happenings to international crises. The Social Blog has grown steadily in outlook and vision, with invaluable help from our ever-burgeoning reader base.
On January 11, 2009, we took the Blog to the next step in an attempt to fulfill its potential. Something About The Law was born, and the forum promises to usher in a number of changes vis-a-vis the content and delivery of socio-legal matters.
We look forward to hearing suggestions from you on all matters pertaining to S.A.T.L at adityaswarup/arunmohan.s AT gmail DOT com.
About the Authors
Aditya Swarup is an undergraduate from NALSAR University, and will be pursuing his BCL from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship in 2010 -11 (focus on civil liberties, human rights and international litigation). When he is not dreaming about the racy life of a swashbuckling attorney, Aditya is usually campaigning for the rights of the tribals in India’s Red Corridor, and has been involved with numerous organizations on the issue. An avid fan of Nazi and post-Nazi legal history, Aditya is hooked to Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and the giants of Jazz.
Arun Mohan is also a product of NALSAR (2010), and will join the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy for its graduate (MALD) program next year. Five years of lawschool has taught him the virtues of a legal background, and many seasons of Boston Legal notwithstanding, he hopes to use it to strengthen a possible career in policy and governance. A vocal supporter of Manchester United, and probably of the Kochi IPL team if they materialize, Arun intends to travel the world before he is 30. You can follow him here.
Arani Chakrabarty, in his 4th year at NALSAR, caught the attention of the editors at SATL with his prodigious writing talent and ability. Already the winner of several essay and literary competitions, Arani currently serves on the board of the Indian Journal of Law & Economics, as well as the NALSAR Student Law Review. While his interests are admittedly variable, he is sure that this amazing profile picture and the pencil-thin moustache will considerably increase traffic from the fair gender to SATL. We wish the same.
Sahana Manjesh is currently in the third year of her studies at NLSIU. When the editors of this blog found her, she was one of those who had begun to love the law, after taking the lawschool plunge upon a whim. Efforts to save her from this malady are on-going. Sahana is also a card-carrying member of the historicists who can’t leave the law alone, and has often been subjected to stone-throwing at public gatherings by the positivist rabble – which is how the editors found her. Sahana helps out at the Legal Services Clinic in NLSIU and is currently on the editorial board of the Socio-Legal Review. She claims that she’s not as serious as all of what’s just been said may seem to indicate. Too late for that.
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- Courtroom scene in Philadelphia
At some point of time in law school you tend, inevitably so , to fall in love with the law. The apathetic few feel sorry for your overt passion towards an evidently morose set of rules, and in not wasting the slightest to comprehend, appreciate and critique them. To those who’ve brushed shoulders with this Infatuation, however, the process of analyzing extant legal regimes offers an irreconcilable thrill. They also know that the law does not stand in isolation, but is in symbiosis with the society and its constituents.
The Social Blog was a platform dedicated to addressing these interdisciplinary concerns that fuel societal machinery. While born over a year ago, the blog found its true character since February, 2008 and has been going strong ever since. In course of time, we have expressed our views on practically every socio-legal issue under the sun, right from local happenings to international crises. The Social Blog has grown steadily in outlook and vision, with invaluable help from our ever-burgeoning reader base.
On January 11, 2009, we took the Blog to the next step in an attempt to fulfill its potential. Something About The Law was born, and the forum promises to usher in a number of changes vis-a-vis the content and delivery of socio-legal matters.
We look forward to hearing suggestions from you on all matters pertaining to S.A.T.L at adityaswarup/arunmohan.s AT gmail DOT com.
About the Authors
Arun Mohan is also a product of NALSAR (2010), and will join the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy for its graduate (MALD) program next year. Five years of lawschool has taught him the virtues of a legal background, and many seasons of Boston Legal notwithstanding, he hopes to use it to strengthen a possible career in policy and governance. A vocal supporter of Manchester United, and probably of the Kochi IPL team if they materialize, Arun intends to travel the world before he is 30. You can follow him here.