Justice Iyer is one of the versatile authors who has written on each and every aspect of law and beyond, maintaining lucidity and depicting ocean deep knowledge of the subject. His dynamic and enlightened idea on law and contemporary jurisprudence is a pathmaking source for the present and future judicial system. Out of multifarious activities of his life he always works out the time in writing for law and technosocio matters, that becomes the flow of inspiration for the lawyers, judges and the common people, not only in our own land but also in other parts of the world. This bouquet of articles was specially handpicked by the author himself to cater to different flavours of lawyers, laymen and judges in India and abroad. This present collection contains articles on Judges, Judicial System, Constitutional Law, Democracy, Arbitration, Jurisprudence, Indian and International SocioPolitical topics and much more.
Table of Contents 1. A Tale of Two Mansions 2. Judge of the Kerala High Court 3. Speech by Mr. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer on the Occasion of Assuming Office on 2nd July, 1968 4. Dictiona Iyer 5. Memorable Legal Quotations: Mines of Abbreviated Wisdom 6. Doctorate of Laws 7. My Supreme Court Days A Wan Span or Years of Elan? 8. The Contribution to the Legal Aid Movement 9. Rarest of the Rare 10. Motilal Setalvad A Mellow Magnificent Selfportrait 11. M.C. Chagla The Centenary of a Judicial Statesman 12. Judging a Judge 13. The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Camaraderie Among the Great Institutions 14. Parliamentary Privileges, People`s Freedoms and Judicial Invigilation 15. Justices and Justicing 16. Indian Judicature Millennial Transformation 17. Numerological Nostrum for Pathological Procrastination of the Judicature 18. Judicial Power A Management Mess? 19. Judicial Moderation and Majesty of Justice 20. Judicial Activism Use and Abuse 21. Judicial Activism Progressions and Transgressions 22. Jurisprudence of Judicial Strictures 23. The Gladsome Light of Jurisprudence 24. Why Stultify Judge`s Status? 25. Contempt Power A Case of Survival After Death! 26. Contempt Power Cipherise its User 27. Contempt Power Utility or Futility 28. Cult of the Robe and Criticism of the Court 29. The Judicial Process and Delivery of Social Justice 30. Higher Judicial Appointments Arcane Processes and Razzmatazz Protocol 31. Plea to Appoint SC/ST Persons as Judges of the High Courts 32. VenalVenial Journalism and Vulnerable Judicialism 33. Global Jurisprudence is Dead: Rest in Peace! 34. A National Judicial Commission A Command for Reforms 35. Judiciary A Reform Agenda 36. Address Presented to Hon'ble Shri Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer on his Retirement from the Supreme Court of India 37. A Letter from Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer on Demitting Office 38. Statement Issued by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer 39. Letter to Chief Justice.
