Keshav Soni and Rónán Kennedy * HLA Hart, in his book ‘The Concept of Law’ presents us with a positivist account of rules and legal system. In Chapter 7, he presents us with […]
Rules as Code and Large Language Models
To Review or Not to Review : Delimitation Dilemma in the Context of Kishorchandra Changanlal Rathod v. Union of India
Arohi Malpani & Simone Vaidya * Source : PTI I. The Question of Delimitation Delimitation has emerged as a buzzword in Indian political circles, with States gearing up for the transformative re-apportionment exercise […]
Beyond The Sewer: Exposing The BMC’s Role In Sanitation Worker Exploitation & Reimagining The Definition Of Manual Scavenging
Atreyee Mukherjee and Bhavya Nigam* Source : Down to Earth Protection of the law often evades the poor under the garb of technicalities. The workers engaged in desilting stormwater drains in Mumbai […]
Professing maternity benefits for the professional: a critique of DSLSA vs Annwesha Deb
Rida Rahman and Aashkaa Jain* Source : Staff Corner I. Introduction India has faced a systemic and dangerous gender gap in its labour workforce for a multitude of reasons, like conservative social […]
Creating Brave and Safe Spaces: Strengthening the functioning of ICs and LCs under the POSH Act
Surbhi Sachdeva, Lakshita Handa, and Jwalika Balaji Source : JSA The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013 (‘POSH Act’ or ‘the Act’) has now spent over […]
Computational Law in the Digital Age
Jerrold Soh* Computational law, an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of law and computer science, seeks to develop systems capable of interacting with legal rules in a structured, computationally useful manner. As […]
Addressing Product and Service Liability Concerns in Artificial Intelligence: An Indian Perspective
Source : IPleaders Anay Mehrotra and Samriddh Sharma * Source : Blackbox. AI This article examines the challenges AI poses within India’s legal framework, particularly under the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) 2019. […]
Rules as code, the rule of law, and the problem of complex legislation
Lisa Burton Crawford* This article examines the relationship between rules as code, legislative complexity, and the rule of law. While acknowledging scholarly concerns that machine-readable legislation may compromise important legal values like practical […]
Issues with the use and coding of “may” in Commonwealth legislation: a legislative drafter’s perspective
Matthew Waddington* Legislative drafting in Commonwealth jurisdictions is undergoing significant changes with the advent of Rules as Code (RaC). A key debate centers on whether RaC initiatives can effectively handle discretionary provisions, […]
RERA v. IBC: Navigating Legal Remedies for Delay in the Indian Real Estate Sector
Kopal Mital* Source : WikiMedia Commons In recent times, there have been a slew of cases where the Indian Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘IBC’) has been used to deal with delays […]