Memo And Mimeos- A Selection

Introductory Note:

  1. At the instance of my daughters, I have preserved a large part of minor writing under the caption of ‘Memos and Mimeos’. These constitute 114 Volumes – only leather bound. The idea was to put it all together though I am not sure that anyone will really want to look at them. These volumes contain:
    1. Drafts of subsequently published major articles.
    2. Drafts for newspaper articles which are also subsequently published.
    3. Trivial conclusions as and when written.

    2. To reproduce the whole list seems unnecessary – more so because they already exist in bound form for the intrepid, reader who has nothing better to do.

  2. What has been done is to extract the substantive articles that were not published but were presentable.
  3. Many papers stem from involvements in race relations in England, the WTO campaign in India and various other involvements. Broadly, the unpublished papers are classified as follows:
    1. Reports and papers or writing on race relations
    2. Unpublished Articles on Euthanasia, Suicide and Santara
    3. Reports of the Judges and Constitutional aspects
    4. Papers on National Human Rights Commission
    5. Papers on the WTO
    6. Submissions to Parliament
    7. Miscellaneous writings – both personal and public

The detailed list is as follows with reference to the leather bound volumes of Memos and Mimeos (MnM):

  1. Reports and papers or writing on race relations
    2. Report-I
    1.Suffering Discrimination Silently: On the Uses and Non-uses of the Anti-discrimination Provisions of the Race Relations Act 1976 in the Hounslow Area. (Vol. 27 MnM, pp. 1-149)

    Report- ii
    1.Intern Report on: The Uses and Non-uses of the Anti- discrimination Provisions of the Race Relations Act,1976

    (Vol. 27 MnM, pp.150-375)

    2.Question of Public Policy: The Shadow of Parliamentary Discussions and the Race Relations Act.1976

    (Vol. 29 MnM, pp. 1-239)

    3.Who Uses the Race Relation Acts: Reflecting on Some Indicators (Vol. 30 MnM, pp. 1-202)

    4.Chapter I- the Race Relation Act – a Dispute Processing Framework (Vol. 35 MnM, pp.8-54)

    5.Chapter II- Structural Constraints as Policy Compromises: The Shadow of Parliamentary Discussions (Vol. 35 MnM, pp.55-85)

    6.Chapter III-Who Use the Race Relations Acts: Reflecting on Some indicators (Vol. 35 MnM, pp. 86-155)

    7.Chapter IV- Where Have all the Specialists Gone? Legal Support for Race Discrimination Case (Vol. 35 MnM, pp. 156-284)

    8.Chapter V- Let Sleeping Grievance Lie: The Transformation of Race Anti-Grievance by Voluntary Support Agencies

    (Vol. 36 MnM, pp. 1-85)

    9.Chapter VI- Incentives and disincentives provided by the Legal System (Vol. 36 MnM, pp. 86-155)

    10.Chapter VII What did One Expect? Some Conclusions

    (Vol. 36 MnM, pp. 156-273)

    11.Chapter- I The Research Proposal (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 7-17)

    12.Chapter II- The National Picture: the Race Relations Act 1976 and its Use (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 18-54)

    13.Chapter III- Local Authority Responsibility

    (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 55-103)

    14.Chapter IV-the London Borough of Hounslow: Ethnic Profile (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 104-117)

    15.Chapter V-the Suppliers of Advice and Support

    (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 118-170)

    16.Chapter VI-Building Support mechanism: Some Conclusions and A Summary (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 171-189)

    17.Suffering Discrimination Silently: On the Uses and Non-uses of the Anti-discrimination Provisions of the Race Relations Act, 1976 in the Hounslow Area. (Vol. 37 MnM, pp. 190-218)

    18.Chapter I-Context of the Study (Vol. 38 MnM, pp. 1-28)

    19.Chapter II- Design and Methodology (Vol. 38 MnM, pp. 29-43)

    20.Chapter-III –the Experience and View of a Sample of Ethnic Minority People Living in Hounslow (Vol. 38 MnM, pp. 44-87)

    21.Chapter IV- Summary and Conclusions

    (Vol. 38 MnM, pp. 88-102)

    22.Chapter I-The Race Relations Act 1976 as Dispute Processing Framework (Vol. 39 MnM, pp. 4-51)

    23.Question of the Public Policy: the Shadow of Parliamentary Discussions (Vol. 39 MnM, pp. 52-192)

    24.Who Use the Race Relation Act, Reflecting on Some Indicators (Vol. 39 MnM, pp. 193-312)

    25.Why are there so Few Case? Some Questions for the Purveyors of Advice: Explaining Some Questionnaires

    (Vol. 39 MnM, pp. 313-342)

    26.So Why Are There so Few Case? Anti-discrimination and Race Relations Law and Policy in the United Kingdom

    (Vol. 46, MnM, pp. 56-99)

    27.The Institution Trap- Some Preliminary Remakes on Race Relations in the Eightees (1980) (Vol. 4 MnM, pp. 31-59)

    28.Racism and the Rule of Law (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 27-39)

    29.The Emerging British Racism: the Need for India to Take a Stand (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 40-54)

    30.The British Nationality Bill: A Racist Document

    (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 55-73)

    31.British Citizens in India: Is India Assisting British Racism? (Draft-I) (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 74-86)
    32.Is India Assisting British Racism (Draft-II)

    (Vol. 7 MnM, pp. 87-101)

    33.The Institution Trap (Vol. 9 MnM, pp. 57-73)
  2. Unpublished Articles on Euthanasia, Suicide and Santara
    3. 1.“(T)o Die, to Sleep, Then Perchance to Dream…”: The Supreme Court on Suicide: Part-I The First Suicide Judgment

    (Vol. 96, MnM, pp. 114-158)

    2.“(T)o Die, to Sleep, Then Perchance to Dream…”: The Supreme Court on Suicide: Part-II The Second Supreme Court Judgment (Vol. 96, MnM, pp. 159-198)

    3.The Supreme Court on Euthanasia – I

    4.Euthanasia II: Suicide by Proxy
    5. Santhara! Santhara! Santhara!
  3. Reports of the Judges and Constitutional aspects
    4. 1.The Defamation Bill in the Lok Sabha : Introducing The Bill

    (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 4-25)

    2.The Minister’s Speech and Nation for Consideration

    (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 26-69)

    3.Amending to the Bill (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 70-102)
    4.Defamation Bill 1998 (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 137-140)

    5.Freedom of Speech and .. (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 141-160)

    6. Media Foundation.. (Vol. 43 MnM, pp. 161-187)
    7.A Constitution for a Civilization India’s Constitution and its Discontents (Vol. 89, pp. 1-16)

    8.The Supreme Court of India: A Memoire: A Memoire

    (Vol. 85 MnM, pp.1-3)

    9.The Constitution of India (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 3-5)

    10.The Supreme Court’s Inaugural in 1950 (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 6-9)
    11.The Supreme Court’s and its’ Procedure

    (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 10-18)

    12.The Supreme Court Judges (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 19-37)

    13.Cases and Controversies (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 38-66)

    14.Buildings, Courts and Offices (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 67-99)

    15.Supreme Court Judges (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 100-101L)

    16.Preliminary Response to the Proposed Change Suggested by Member Secretary of the Advisory Committee

    (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 102-110)

    17.Uncertainty and Transformation: The Indian Constitution in 1998 (Vol. 85 MnM, pp. 111-143)

    18.On Future of Western law and Justice in India: Reflections on the Controversy over Justice Bhagwati’s Letter to the Prime Minister (Vol. 4 MnM, pp. 98-141)

    19.The Supreme Court After the Emergency: The Challenge of Due Process And Maneka Gandhi’s Case (Vol. 5 MnM, pp. 1-134)

    20.On Arrears – A Preliminary Comments

    (Vol. 14 MnM, pp. 101-105)

    21.Problematic Paradigms: Studying the Law of the Indian Press (Vol. 14 MnM, pp. 106-121)

    22.Working Paper on the Work of the Committee for Implementing Legal Aid (Vol. 14 MnM, pp. 181-223)

    23.Report on the Proposal for a Legal Support Information and Research Centre (Vol. 14 MnM, pp. 224-276)

    24.Judge and Jurist in India: Note Toward an Understanding on Legal Elites in India (Vol. 46 MnM, pp. 334-372)

    25.Judges and Constitutional Interpretation

    (Vol. 48 MnM, pp. 44-59)

    26.The Constituent Assembly and Human Rights: Indian Developments (Vol. 57 MnM, pp. 1-147)

    27.The Jurisprudence of Human Rights (Vol. 60 MnM, pp. 141-199)

    28.The Making of Indian Constitution (Vol. 60 MnM, pp. 127-177)

    29.An Incomplete Measure of the Public Records Act. 1993

    (Vol. 72 MnM, pp. 142-165)

    30.The Direct/Indirect, Doctrine: A Typological Conundrum (with Alice Jacob) (Vol. 2 MnM, pp. 183-191)
  4. Papers on National Human Rights Commission
    5. 1.Off loading Burden Sharing: Secondary Movement of Refugees Asylum Seekers (Vol. 95 MnM, pp. 128-135)

    2.On the Model Law for Refugees: A Response to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

    (Vol. 96, MnM, pp. 199-230)

    3.Refugee Law and Policy in India: An Introduction Annexure:

    A. The Original Model Law Suggested for the South Asia States

    B. The Model Law’ Suggested for India

    (Vol.100 MnM, pp. 1-167)

    4.Protecting the Forgotten and Excluded- Statelessness in South Asia (Vol.105 MnM, pp. 49-76)

    5.More is not Always More: Unto us a Human Rights Commission has Been Given But Why? (Vol. 53 MnM, pp. 1-64)

    6. Stabilising the Past: Reviewing the Eighth Annual Report of the National Human Rights Commission 2000-01

    (PILSARC Working Papers)

    7.Moving on: Reflections on the Ninth Annual Report of the National Human Rights Commission 2001-02

    (Vol. 102 MnM, pp. 150-224)

  5. Papers on the WTO
    6. 1.The Draft Final Treaty of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement of Trade and Tariffs and In the Matter of Sovereignty and Integrity of India and In the Matter of the Social Justice of the People of India and In other Countries (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 1-21)

    2.India’s Handling of the GATT Negotiations and Its Failure to Account to the Requisite Constitutional Institutions and the People of India (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 22-41)

    3.Federal Aspects of the Effects of Signing the Draft Final Treaty (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 42-52)

    4.The Dunkel Draft Treaty-Legal and Constitutional Issues Submissions Before the People’s Commission

    (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 53-62)

    5.Written Submission: The Draft Final Treaty of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement of Trade and Tariffs and In the Matter of Sovereignty and Integrity of India and In the Matter of the Social Justice of the People of India and In other Countries

    (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 63-146)

    6.Entry into Force and Amendment of the Final Act.

    (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 216-226)

    7.Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (Fifth Set of Written Submissions to the People’s Commission on GATT)

    (Vol. 59 MnM, pp. 227-233)

    8.Democracy and the GATT Negotiations

    (Vol. 75 MnM, pp. 68B-87)

  6. Submissions to Parliament:
    7. 1.Submission by Dr. Rajeev Dhavan on the Behalf of PILSARC to the Joint Committee on Patents (2nd Amendment) Bill, 1999

    (Vol. 90 MnM, pp. 149-179)

    2. The Broadcasting Bill, 1997: A Submission to Parliament (PILSARC Working Papers)

    3.Injustice to Farmers– Comment on Protection of Plant Varieties

    and Farmers Rights Bill, 1999 (PILSARC Working Papers)

    4.Submission to the Lok Sabha on the Protection of Plant

    Varieties and Farmers Rights Bill, 1999

    (PILSARC Working Papers)

    5.Riots as Murder – Re-examining the Best Bakery Case (PILSARC Working Papers)
    6.The National Employment Guarantee Bill, 2004: A Critique (PILSARC Working Papers)

    7.Food Safety for Sale: the Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005 (PILSARC Working Papers)

    8.A Briefing Paper on the Seeds Bill, 2004

    (PILSARC Working Papers)

    9.The Consultation and Ratification of Treaties Bill, 2007: A Legislative Proposal for Accountability and Participation in the Treaty Making Process (PILSARC Working Papers)
  7. Miscellaneous writings – both personal and public
    8. 1.The Province of Jurisprudence: Pressures and Re-definitions-Developments Since 1945(1979) (Vol 4 MnM, pp. 1-21)

    2.Ravi Swaroop Dhavan (1942 -2016) – A Brother Remembers

    (Vol. 114 MnM, pp. 1 – 24)

    3.Trapped Minorities: Third World Migrants to Rich Western Economies and the Response of the British State

    (Vol. 12 MnM, pp. 3-43)

    4.The Wealth of Nations: Land, Forest and People (Notes on the Draft Conservation of Forest and Natural Ecosystem Act,

    (Vol. 63 MnM, pp. 37-47)

Note: I have not included papers on the Lokpal which is a forthcoming two volume book or on Secularism which may yield a mature form.