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The 1960s, in retrospect, may be chiefly remembered for the unprecedented constitutional developments it witnessed in countries emerging from colonial rule. Originally published in 1963, an examination of these constitutional developments from the authoritative pens of the previous Legal Adviser to the Colonial and Commonwealth Relations Offices, and the Legal Adviser to the Colonial Office at the time was, therefore, particularly timely for no two men in human history can have had to draft so many constitutional instruments. One after another of these new constitutions had, moreover, included certain Fundamental Rights, so a discussion of this subject by a recognised academic authority, together with an examination by an ex-Chief Justice of Allahabad of the constitutional writs which have been so widely used in India to protect these rights, was particularly appropriate. An erudite examination of the origins of the famous phrase Justice, Equity and Good Conscience by the Reader in Oriental Laws in the University of London, fittingly concludes the first half of this volume. Read more