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Book Chapters, Research Papers, Ongoing Research Projects.
About the Book
Law Beyond Boundaries: Crime, Justice, Social Transformation, and Technology is a multidisciplinary edited volume of Book Chapters that explores the evolving relationship between law and contemporary social realities. The book brings together scholarly contributions addressing critical issues such as gender justice, cybercrime, forensic investigation, labour rights, digital privacy, and emerging technological challenges within the Indian legal framework. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, the chapters examine how law interacts with social transformation, technological advancement, and changing patterns of crime and victimization.
The volume highlights pressing concerns including domestic femicide, digital voyeurism, workplace equality, and the protection of vulnerable groups, while also analyzing the adequacy of existing legal and institutional mechanisms. By combining doctrinal, socio-legal, criminological, and forensic approaches, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of contemporary justice systems. Intended for researchers, academicians, legal practitioners, policymakers, and students, this collection contributes meaningfully to ongoing debates on legal reform, human rights, and access to justice in a rapidly changing society.
About the Book
Constitutional Governance and Contemporary Crimes is a scholarly collection edited by Noel Lorenz and Anuradha Chakraborty that addresses the critical tension between enduring constitutional frameworks and rapidly evolving modern offenses. Using a doctrinal legal research methodology, this volume bridges the gap between historical civil liberty struggles and emerging non-traditional threats. It features analytical chapters exploring deep-rooted social vulnerabilities—such as Dalit rights during national emergencies—structural overreaches under Article 356, and the distinction between generic environmental crimes and specific statutory violations under Indian and international laws. Ultimately, the text functions as a comprehensive evaluation of Indian federalism, constitutional morality, and judicial review, advocating for a dynamic and responsive legal system equipped to safeguard fundamental human rights and social justice during times of peace and crisis alike.
About the Book
Contemporary Crimes and the Changing Legal Landscape is a critical academic compilation that confronts the stark divergence between statutory intent and administrative reality within the criminal justice framework. Bringing together ‘Book Chapters’ on rigorous legal research and profound social consciousness, this volume carefully evaluates three pressing pillars of modern socio-legal discourse: the systemic challenges in prosecuting domestic femicide, the structural and institutional lacunae delaying juvenile justice administration, and the pervasive neglect surrounding the fundamental rights and healthcare of women prisoners. Rather than treating the law as a set of rigid, static doctrines, this book actively examines how emerging forensic methodologies, digital footprints, and human rights benchmarks intersect with traditional investigative procedures. It serves as a vital interdisciplinary bridge, offering viable structural recommendations for legal practitioners, scholars, and policymakers. Ultimately, the text demands an urgent paradigm shift from archaic retributive models toward an accountable, gender-responsive, and deeply humane legal architecture.
About the Book
Indian Law in Transition-Emerging Issues in Governance, Crime, and Commerce, edited by Noel Lorenz and published by Noel Lorenz Publications in May 2026, is a comprehensive, scholarly anthology that examines modern legal adaptations to unprecedented technological and societal crises. Anchored by a profound commitment to public service, this volume explores the structural friction between enduring legal frameworks and evolving modern offenses. The book is divided into standalone, deeply researched chapters that address critical contemporary legal challenges. It features a critical cyber-criminology perspective on digital voyeurism in India, tracking the legislative transition from the Information Technology Act of 2000 to Section 77 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Furthermore, the text provides a detailed evaluation of commercial arbitration reform, examining how the 2015, 2019, and 2021 Amendments have redefined the boundary between court supervision and party autonomy. Finally, it tackles the complex intersection of artificial intelligence and criminal jurisprudence, establishing models of corporate and human accountability for "black box" algorithmic harms, predictive policing errors, and automated cybercrimes. Ultimately, this volume serves as an essential framework for balancing civil liberties with legal enforcement in the digital era.