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Criminal Law that Ought to Be

First in the series

Criminal law plays a critical role towards protecting the lives and interests of its citizens. Nonetheless, it also holds the power to deny individuals their most cherished rights – life and liberty. In this primer, we attempt to understand the Indian State’s view on crime, punishment, and its expectations from criminal laws. We examine the most fundamental questions on the purpose of criminal law, the theoretical basis of India’s legislative and judicial policy on criminalisation and the value in criminalisation across different kinds of laws

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