Prof Rosalind Dixon & Prof Richard Holden In this piece, Professors Dixon and Holden respond to the contributors of LSPR’s Blog Symposium ‘From Free to Fair Markets: Liberalism after Covid” The current […]
Lessons for Interdisciplinary Research: Blog Symposium on ‘From Free to Fair Markets’ #1
Dr Amal Sethi This is the first piece of LSPR’s Blog Symposium on ‘From Free to Fair Markets’. Before I proceed to my core comment — the need for academics to embrace […]
Addressing the COVID-crisis: Streamlining the IBC in a post-COVID Indian Insolvency Landscape
Prakriti Singh In this piece, the author examines the operation of the IBC in post-COVID insolvency proceedings – commenting on how the NCLT needs to have more, better trained personnel with a […]
Is the right to refuse COVID-19 vaccine exercisable in India?
Anshika Chadha The article grapples with the question of whether the Central and State governments make vaccination compulsory without encroaching upon the fundamental right to life and personal liberty. To this effect, […]
‘Immune escape or increased transmissibility’: In Conversation with Prof. (Dr.) Gagandeep Kang
Bharat Harne and Sarthak Wadhwa Prof. (Dr.) Gagandeep Kang is currently a Professor at the Christian Medical College, Vellore. Her research, among other things, focuses on viral infections. In 2019, she became […]
Mission mode ≠ mission accomplished in Indian governance
Kartik Akileswaran I write this in the middle of May 2021, with India still in the throes of its worst crisis in recent memory. COVID-19 has laid bare the fundamental weaknesses of […]
Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty and the Pandemic
Dr. Elina Steinerte Dr. Steinerte examines the backsliding of individual liberty in a flawed Indian criminal justice system, amplified by the COVID – 19 pandemic. She makes a case for reforming the current […]
On ‘Corona Crash’ and Neo-capitalism: In Conversation with Ms. Grace Blakeley
The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Ms. Grace Blakeley, economics and politics commentator, journalist, and celebrated author of ‘The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism’, conducted […]
To Waive or not to Waive?: The Curious Case of the TRIPS Waiver at the WTO
Arth Nagpal and Harsh Srivastava Introduction On 2nd October, India and South Africa had submitted a proposal to the TRIPS Council at the WTO in relation to the ‘prevention, containment and treatment’ […]
Neoliberalism after COVID-19: Some Caution and Counter Arguments
Prof. Rashmi Venkatesan The beginning of the pandemic was surreal – the lockdowns turned bustling cities like New York into ghost towns, overrun hospitals and mounting casualties became the reality of rich […]