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Law and Society
March 23, 2017

To Remove Caste Bias From the Judicial System, Judges Need to Self-Correct

There are numerous cases that highlight the extent to which implicit caste biases creep into Indian courts. The complaint of Justice C.S. Karnan, then of the Madras high court, to…
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Law and Psychology
March 20, 2017

Interstices and interfaces: a psychoanalytic look at the role of the unconscious and the irrational in law.

Neither at that time, nor indeed in my later life, did I feel any particular predilection for the career of a doctor….Under the powerful influence of a school friendship with…
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Law and Psychology
March 16, 2017

The Role Of The Unconscious And Irrational In Law: A Psycho-Social Gaze

Many of us as lawyers or litigants may at times have witnessed or been a party to an irritable exchange between the judge and a lawyer in the court. All…
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