"Legal research has not made much headway in India"
Legal research has not made much headway in India, where law schools were yet to make a mark in terms of advancement of knowledge and there were no good research centres in the field, an expert said today.
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BANGALORE: Legal research has not made much headway in India, where law schools were yet to make a mark in terms of advancement of knowledge and there were no good research centres in the field, an expert said today.
Speaking at the 16th annual convocation of the NLSIU here, National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Vice-Chancellor Prof A Jayagovind said, however, there has been a marked improvement in the quality of students in recent years.
This has a spin-off effect on quality and number of students choosing legal studies, he said, adding, the new-found interest in legal studies could be due to the increasing opportunities available to law graduates.
"Our law schools are however yet to make a mark in terms of advancement of knowledge. Hopefully, most of us have been able to impart reasonably good legal education which was otherwise practically non-existent; but we have not established ourselves as good research centres", he said.
"Legal research has not made much headway in India even in comparison with other social science researches. In the years to come, I hope that we will address these problems seriously".
Speaking on NLSIU, he said while its students have continued the tradition of winning prestigious fellowships, it is somewhat disturbing that the number of students pursuing higher studies has come down drastically this year.
Jayagovind said the Chair on Consumer Protection Law has become operational at NLSIU, which has proposed to establish a consumer helpline under the Chair.
Chief Justice of India and NLSIU Chancellor Justice K G Balakrishnan presided over the function, where Prof Upendra Baxi, Professor of Law, University of Warwick, the UK, delivered the convocation address.
Speaking at the 16th annual convocation of the NLSIU here, National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Vice-Chancellor Prof A Jayagovind said, however, there has been a marked improvement in the quality of students in recent years.
This has a spin-off effect on quality and number of students choosing legal studies, he said, adding, the new-found interest in legal studies could be due to the increasing opportunities available to law graduates.
"Our law schools are however yet to make a mark in terms of advancement of knowledge. Hopefully, most of us have been able to impart reasonably good legal education which was otherwise practically non-existent; but we have not established ourselves as good research centres", he said.
"Legal research has not made much headway in India even in comparison with other social science researches. In the years to come, I hope that we will address these problems seriously".
Speaking on NLSIU, he said while its students have continued the tradition of winning prestigious fellowships, it is somewhat disturbing that the number of students pursuing higher studies has come down drastically this year.
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Jayagovind said the Chair on Consumer Protection Law has become operational at NLSIU, which has proposed to establish a consumer helpline under the Chair.
Chief Justice of India and NLSIU Chancellor Justice K G Balakrishnan presided over the function, where Prof Upendra Baxi, Professor of Law, University of Warwick, the UK, delivered the convocation address.
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