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4 I.J.L.D.L.R. 91 (2015)
Round the World in Twenty Years: An Odyssey with Legislative Odds

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                             BOOK REVIEW


PRINCIPLES OF LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING, 3RD ED.170
                            N. K. Chakrabarti


          Round the World of Legislation in Twenty Years:
                  An Odyssey with Legislative Odds


Debasis Poddar171



      A classic generally anticipates themes, issues of and even
      conclusions for, future enquiry, thus facilitating the cumulative growth
      of knowledge.
      - Upendra Baxi. 172



      Legislation, as the author explored with its etymological reference, seems
lawmaking- albeit in course of a technical procedure- which constitutes the crux of
his contention. In (t)his treatise, the author grapples with theory and practice of
legislative procedure in their nitty-gritty and thereby offers juridical issues and
challenges involved therein.

      In his three decades of law teaching career, this is the third attempt since
its first publication in the year 1994, the author attempts to unearth the hidden




170 Published in 2014 by R. Cambray & Co. Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, (ISBN
978-81-81659-21-9).
171 Assistant Professor of Law, National University of Study and Research in Law,
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India <debasis.bengal@gmail.com>
172 Quoted from Introduction by Upendra Baxi, to Jeremy Bentham, The Theory
  of Legislation (1802), N. M. Tripathi Pvt. Ltd., Bombay, 1975.

© 2015, International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law Reform and contributors  91

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