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Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation in India

Attempting the Impossible

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ID5346158
AuthorsJamie Cassels (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume37
Issue3
Pages495
Publication date1989-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe American Journal of Comparative Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-919X • E-ISSN: 2326-9197
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/840090
OpenAlexW2334317440
LanguageEN
Citations received23

Journal Article Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation in India: Attempting the Impossible? Get access Jamie Cassels Jamie Cassels 1Jamie Cassels is Associate Professor of Law, University of Victoria. I would like to express my gratitude to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for helping to fund this research, and to the Indian Law Institute for the use of their research facilities. I would also like to thank Maureen Maloney, Andrew Petter and Murray Rankin. Finally, I wish to thank the staff of the PIL Cell at the Supreme Court of India. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 37, Issue 3, Summer 1989, Pages 495–519, https://doi.org/10.2307/840090 Published: 01 July 1989

Gratitude · Political science · Sociology · Supreme court · International Law and Human Rights · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology

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