National Institution is Needed to Mainstream and Integrate Law & Economics: R Venkataramani

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During the inauguration the AG said a critical question the book raises is- what the legal and policy institutional framework is delivering to common women and men?” 

Attorney General R Venkatramani recently said that a national institution is needed to mainstream and integrate law and economics.

"We need a national institution that can work towards mainstreaming and integrating law & economics and policy and judicial administration," Venkatramani said.

The Attorney General speaking at the book launch of the recently published volume, “Supreme Court and the Indian Economy”.

The book was released at an event organised by global public policy research & advocacy group CUTS International, Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF), a collective body of India's top corporate law firms and the CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competition (CIRC) in New Delhi

The book has been authored by Pradeep S. Mehta, founder Secretary General of CUTS International, a renowned public policy research, advocacy, and networking NGO established forty years ago.

During the inauguration the AG said a critical question the book raises is- what the legal and policy institutional framework is delivering to common women and men?”. To achieve this objective, we need better understanding of the interstice of law and economics.

He added that India believes in the holistic principle of ‘Equal Regard & Equal Reward’ for all and not just the Supreme Court, but High Courts and lower courts can be learners to this principle.