[Book Review] The Lawful and the Awful by Tushar Mehta: Quirky tales from the world of law
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Summary
Judicial history is traditionally recorded as a progression of legal precedents, viewed from an impersonal sombre lens and discussed with a large measure of solemnity. What is often ignored in such conventional scholarly exercises is the human side of those who administer justice.Tushar Mehta's The Lawful and the Awful breaks this tradition, focusing on moments from courts across the world where the solemnity of law gave way to the unexpected. In his new book, the Solicitor General of India refr