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Anticipatory Bail

48. Criminal jurisprudence requires that the liberty of an individual should not be curtailed without sufficient cause. The law of anticipatory bail is a safeguard against the arbitrary exercise of power by the police and is intended to protect the individual from the possibility of being arrested without just cause. The courts must ensure that the power to arrest is not misused and that the rights of the individual are protected.

Tusharbhai Rajnikantbhai Shah vs Kamal Dayani

Mutatis mutandis

With the necessary changes having been made

Subrogation

The right of an insurer to pursue recovery from a third party after paying a claim

Unconscionability

A doctrine preventing the enforcement of unfair contracts

"Justice should be the constant aim of every government."

- John Locke

A Few Good Men (1992)

Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder.

The Nature of the Judicial Process

by Benjamin N. Cardozo

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