Indian Law for Common Man is a book written by the founder of We Did It Mr. Sree Krishna Seelam. This book contains the fundamentals of our Indian law.
This book helps the readers to comprehend our law more easily and helps in demystifying its complexity. Big laws are broken down to make it more understandable. For many people who find law as a complicated and unachievable system, this book comes to the rescue.
Introduction to our legal system:
The first few chapters emphasize the necessity for every citizen to learn about our law. The necessities of being knowledgeable about our law system as mentioned in the book are: Knowing our rights and duties, making correct choices, solving problems, staying safe from scams, Building trust in the legal system, make us live in harmony.
These chapters dive into detail about the divisions in our legal system. The various divisions mentioned in this chapter are: the constitution, origination of Indian law, levels of courts, dual legal system, federal system of governance, common law, criminal law and civil law, legal workers, and other ways to resolve disputes.
These topics help in understand the divisions in our legal system better and help us gain more knowledge about our law. The constitution of our country is also explained coherently by the author for the people who think our constitution is far from comprehension.
Rights and duties:
Every citizen needs to know and understand their rights and duties. People must believe that they are always protected by law and they will be given justice for all the crimes and wrongness that happen against them. For people to believe the system they must know what rights they have. This knowledge is provided by this book which explains every fundamental right a citizen has. They are:
Right to Equality (Article 14-18)
Right to Freedom (Article 19-22)
Right against Exploitation (Article 23-24)
Right to Freedom of Religion (Article 25-28)
Cultural and Educational Rights (Article 29-30)
Right to Constitutional Remedies (Article 32)
These articles describe the various laws in each category which protect all the basic rights of a citizen. The author explained all these articles in more comprehensive writing for easier understanding for common people.
Except for these rights, there are two more rights mentioned in this book by the author: consumer protection and rights and intellectual property rights. These laws protect the consumers and the people who have intellectual property like art and writings.
All citizens are protected by law but there are duties mentioned in the constitution which need to be followed by the citizens which is mentioned in this book.
Types of law:
This book explains in detail about various types of law present in our legal system:
Criminal law
Civil law
Family law
Property law
Labour and employment law
Environmental laws
Cyber law
These laws help in the protection of criminals who have been accused and help them when they are wrongfully convicted. Civil law helps in disputes between people. Family law protects the righteousness in a family. Property law helps protect the property of a person. Labor and employment law gives fairness to the employees and labor workers. Laws not only protect citizens but also the place we live in and environmental laws protect it. Cyberlaw helps in providing justice to the people citizens who suffer from a virtual crime.
All these laws and the articles belonging to each category have been explained in an easy language understandable by the readers giving them knowledge that they are protected by the law.
Navigating the legal system:
The author has not only guided the readers through the laws and rights but also the way to seek legal help in any case of a violation. The process is explained by filing a case and through aiding legal help and legal aid services to have an alternative dispute resolution.
Overall this book is a perfect guide to knowing the fundamentals of our Indian law and availing legal help when needed by any citizen. This book not only emphasizes our rights and duties but also develops to belief in our legal system.
This book makes the readers believe in the saying “Justice can be delayed but not denied”. It sure may take time to get your justice but it is never denied. Reading this book and learning the foundation of our law system will help us in fighting for our rights which were denied in our daily lives. Our law is static but it protects our rights.
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