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RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGY OF LAW

Joginder S. Gandhi

The present survey of research in the field of sociology of law in India covers the period from 1980 to 2006. This subject was included in the first two rounds of survey carried out by the ICSSR, but was not taken in the third round. An attempt is therefore made here to cover the entire period of the third and the fourth rounds so that the history of this sub-specialty is brought on a par with other sub-fields of Indian sociology.

First and Second Surveys

The first trend report on sociology of law in India was prepared by Veena Das and covered all the studies up to 19691. The second report was prepared by Upendra Baxi, which covered the period from 1970 through 19802. Both these reports had ...

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