1Man before the Mahatma by Charles Di Salvo. An insightful take on Gandhi's stint as a lawyer before he gave up the robes to lead our freedom struggle. For those looking for a short summary, Justice Muralidhar's dissection of the book as part of the Friday Group discussion is available on YouTube.
I thought the easiest way was to lose anonymity. We could talk on twitter, if that works for you? (If you want to stay anon, that's cool. Liked your reccos, so thanks for that in any case).
1. Kanga Palkhiwala book on Tax.. (Latest edition is by AP Datar) 2. Phillip Baker commentary on Treaties 3. Claus Vogel Commentary 4. Chaturvedi Pithisaria commentary 5. Sampath Iyengar Commentary
@Teen Baar, I really like the breadth of your recommendation. Pls do lmk if we could generally have a convo about books.
On the libgen comment, for some reason I'm unable to work with the formatting issues that some libgen books have on Kindle. It's an entirely diff matterthat I've s ton of books on my Kindle along these lines I'm yet to read.
1. Supreme but not Infallible 2. Both Granville Austins 3. TR Andhyarujina's book on the Kesavananda case 4. Gadbois - Judges of the Supreme Court of India 5. PB Vacha - Famous judges, lawyers and cases of Bombay 6. Tom Bingham - The Rule of Law 7. Richard Susskind - Tomorrow's Lawyers 8. Ruth Bader Ginsburg - My Own Words 9. Michael Sandel - What Money can't Buy 10. Michael Sandel - Justice 11. Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution 12. Walter Bagehot - The English Constitution 13. Akhil Reed Amar - America's Constitution
If you enjoy the corporate side of things, would definitely recommend Barbarians at the Gate, Den of Thieves (on the insider trading scandal in the US in the 80s), Cold Steel (takeover of Arcellor by Mittal), The Taking of Getty Oil (takeover battle for Getty Oil), books by Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker + The Big Short), The Spider Network (LIBOR scandal), Too Big to Fail (GFC in 2007 - 08), The New Tycoons (growth of the PE industry into a behemoth), Predator's Ball (rise of the junk bond industry and fall of Drexel), For God, Country and Coca Cola (Coke becoming America's greatest cultural export), The Smartest Guys in the Room (Enron scandal), The Billionaire Raj (India's gilded age), The City (development and status of the City of London as a global financial centre), The Man Behind the Wheel (Onkar Kanwar and Apollo Tyres), The Yes Book (negotiation).
2. Supreme Whispers by Abhinav Chandrachud, if you're into legal-gossip.
3. The Art of War. Some might say it's overrated -- perhaps it is too much hyped on social media; but it can be useful if you are able to extrapolate the advice into your legal strategies. Litigation is basically just a war. :3
4. Ten Judgements That Changed India by Zia Mody: but only if you're a 1st/2nd/3rd year law student. Otherwise it's not THAT useful/insightful.
5. Justice by Michael Sandel, if you're into this kind of stuff (which, I feel, every lawyer needs to be).
Eh, it isn't THAT good, tbh. Like, it's alright if you want to know about this guy and brief insights about some cases, but there are much better books out there
Courts and their Judgments by Arun Shorie - This book single-handedly changed my entire perspective on the legal system. It breaks the rosy image of SC which you build by reading the judgments and later how divorced it is from its reality. Should be mandatory in law school.
Have no idea about the book; haven't heard of it. Curious.
(If you want to stay anon, that's cool. Liked your reccos, so thanks for that in any case).
2. Phillip Baker commentary on Treaties
3. Claus Vogel Commentary
4. Chaturvedi Pithisaria commentary
5. Sampath Iyengar Commentary
Most of the libgen books in epub or mobi formats work fine on my kindle - I use calibre as my sorting and transferring programme. Very convenient.
On the libgen comment, for some reason I'm unable to work with the formatting issues that some libgen books have on Kindle. It's an entirely diff matterthat I've s ton of books on my Kindle along these lines I'm yet to read.
Thanks.
If you have a Kindle, libgen and book CC are great places to not download all the corporate books I've mentioned.
1. Supreme but not Infallible
2. Both Granville Austins
3. TR Andhyarujina's book on the Kesavananda case
4. Gadbois - Judges of the Supreme Court of India
5. PB Vacha - Famous judges, lawyers and cases of Bombay
6. Tom Bingham - The Rule of Law
7. Richard Susskind - Tomorrow's Lawyers
8. Ruth Bader Ginsburg - My Own Words
9. Michael Sandel - What Money can't Buy
10. Michael Sandel - Justice
11. Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution
12. Walter Bagehot - The English Constitution
13. Akhil Reed Amar - America's Constitution
If you enjoy the corporate side of things, would definitely recommend Barbarians at the Gate, Den of Thieves (on the insider trading scandal in the US in the 80s), Cold Steel (takeover of Arcellor by Mittal), The Taking of Getty Oil (takeover battle for Getty Oil), books by Michael Lewis (Liar's Poker + The Big Short), The Spider Network (LIBOR scandal), Too Big to Fail (GFC in 2007 - 08), The New Tycoons (growth of the PE industry into a behemoth), Predator's Ball (rise of the junk bond industry and fall of Drexel), For God, Country and Coca Cola (Coke becoming America's greatest cultural export), The Smartest Guys in the Room (Enron scandal), The Billionaire Raj (India's gilded age), The City (development and status of the City of London as a global financial centre), The Man Behind the Wheel (Onkar Kanwar and Apollo Tyres), The Yes Book (negotiation).
2. Supreme Whispers by Abhinav Chandrachud, if you're into legal-gossip.
3. The Art of War. Some might say it's overrated -- perhaps it is too much hyped on social media; but it can be useful if you are able to extrapolate the advice into your legal strategies. Litigation is basically just a war. :3
4. Ten Judgements That Changed India by Zia Mody: but only if you're a 1st/2nd/3rd year law student. Otherwise it's not THAT useful/insightful.
5. Justice by Michael Sandel, if you're into this kind of stuff (which, I feel, every lawyer needs to be).
https://www.amazon.in/Nani-Palkhivala-Courtroom-Soli-Sorabjee/dp/8180387542/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1IGMOFK3RP7BD&dchild=1&keywords=the+courtroom+genius+nani+palkhiwala&qid=1618294327&sprefix=the+courtoo%2Caps%2C293&sr=8-2
1. The Bluffer's Guide to the Law.
https://www.amazon.in/Bluffers-Guide-Law-Guides/dp/1902825934
2. After (and only after) you have tried every trick from the above, read '101 ways to leave the law':
https://www.amazon.in/Ways-Leave-Alex-Steuart-Williams/dp/1906779600
Enjoy!
1) Crime and Punishment
2) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Its an excellent book
Guys, the vaccine is being rolled out to every adult. Cheer up a bit, maybe?