By Sakshi Agarwal International arbitration strives to serve an increasingly globalised and ethnically diverse commercial community. However, white male arbitrators from North America and Western Europe continue to dominate most arbitral tribunals, thus limiting its outlook to western cultures. While arbitral women have advocated against this narrowed approach and leading institutions have responded positively, diverse … Continue reading Ethnic Imbalance in International Arbitration- Cause for Concern?

By Dewesh Kumar Vinod Introduction This article scrutinizes the manner in which the farm bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha, and for the same, adopts the perspective of an element of the public choice theory, the theory of transaction costs as stipulated by Jonathan R. Macey. The transaction cost theory suggests that the use … Continue reading An Act of Procedural Defiance : Farm Bills through the lens of The Transaction Cost Theory

By Ishika Garg and Sukrut Khandekar The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. Fitting into the society’s traditional framework of the gender binary can lead to grave anxiety and distress amongst the LGTBQIA+ community. Moreover, gender non-conformists are usually ridiculed or discriminated against. In a recent effort to eliminate such prejudice, Japan’s Mie Prefecture … Continue reading A Lock, A Key, A Legislation : Making a Case Against Outing