LawStories Podcasts
Sem 4 syllabus. Five subjects. 66 episodes. Free.
Labour Law II
Public International Law
18 episodes | Prof. Sharma and Ben | Reference format
EP01: Is It Really Law
Definition, Nature, and Scope of International Law.
EP02: When Two Laws Collide
International Law and Municipal Law.
EP03: Where the Rules Come From
Sources and Codification of International Law.
EP04: When the World Says You Exist
Recognition of States and Governments.
EP05: When States Replace States
State Succession.
EP06: How States Acquire Land
State Territory and Modes of Acquisition.
EP07: When the State Must Pay
State Responsibility for International Delinquencies.
EP08: From Object to Partial Subject
Position of the Individual, Nationality, and Statelessness.
EP09: Surrender Across Borders
Extradition.
EP10: Refuge from Persecution
Asylum.
EP11: When Immunity Protects Function
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities.
EP12: The Operating Manual
Treaties.
EP13: The Constitution of the Oceans
Legal Regime of the Seas.
EP14: Two Vertical Domains
Airspace and Outer Space.
EP15: The First Attempt
International Organisations and the League of Nations.
EP16: Built on the Ruins
The United Nations.
EP17: Two Courts. Two Mandates.
The ICJ and the ICC.
EP18: The UN Family
Specialised Agencies of the United Nations.
Interpretation Of Statutes
12 episodes | Prof. Sharma and Ben | Reference format
EP01: What is a Statute
Definition and Classification.
EP02: The General Clauses Act
The statute behind all statutes.
EP03: The Ghost Statute
Section 6. What survives when a law dies.
EP04: The Literal Rule
The starting point of all interpretation.
EP05: The Golden Rule
When literal interpretation produces absurdity.
EP06: The Mischief Rule
Heydon’s Case and purposive interpretation.
EP07: Latin Maxims
Ejusdem Generis. Noscitur a Sociis. Expressio Unius.
EP08: Penal and Taxing Statutes
Strict construction.
EP09: Beneficial and Harmonious Construction
The reader-friendly rules.
EP10: Internal Aids
Reading the statute itself.
EP11: External Aids and Presumptions
Looking outside the four corners.
EP12: Repeal, Amendments, Subordinate Legislation
The lifecycle of statutes.
Land Laws
12 episodes | Prof. Sharma and Ben | Reference format
EP01: What is Land
Classification, Ownership, and the Doctrine of Eminent Domain.
EP02: Escheat and Bona Vacantia
What happens when land has no owner.
EP03: Land Records
Patta. Pattadar Pass Books. The Torrens System.
EP04: Settlement Systems
Zamindari, Ryotwari, Mahalwari, Jagirs, and Inams.
EP05: Right to Property
Articles 31, 31A, 31B, 31C, 39, and 300A.
EP06: Tenancy Laws
Protected Tenant. Conferment of Ownership.
EP07: Land Acquisition
From the 1894 Act to LARR 2013.
EP08: Ceiling on Holdings
Agricultural and Urban Land Ceiling.
EP09: The Ninth Schedule
I R Coelho. Basic Structure Test.
EP10: Forest Rights Act 2006
Restoring tribal claims.
EP11: Scheduled Areas, Assigned Lands, Land Grabbing
Tribal land transfer and protection.
EP12: Land Administration
Board of Revenue. Tribunals. Resolution of Disputes.
Intellectual Property Law
12 episodes | Prof. Sharma and Ben | Reference format
EP01: Meaning and Classification
What is Intellectual Property and why protect it.
EP02: New Forms of IP
Geographical Indications, Trade Secrets, Plant Varieties, Layout Designs.
EP03: Paris and Berne Conventions
The international foundation.
EP04: Madrid, PCT, TRIPS
Modern global IP architecture.
EP05: Copyright Foundations
Meaning, Subject Matter, Idea Expression Dichotomy.
EP06: Copyright Ownership and Rights
Economic and Moral Rights. Assignment. Collective Management.
EP07: Copyright Infringement
Fair Use and Remedies.
EP08: Trademark Registration
Concept, Kinds, and Registration.
EP09: Trademark Infringement and Passing Off
Protection and remedies.
EP10: Industrial Designs Act 2000
Protecting visual design.
EP11: Patents Foundations
Concept, History, Procedure.
EP12: Patent Rights and Compulsory Licensing
Patent enforcement and public interest.