00a-GJ prelims.indd

Significant contributions were made by the IIC-Asia Project, the unique research project of the Centre, and a forerunner of the official policy of strengthening ties within the countries of Asia. [...] Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, the 38th Chief Justice of India, in ‘!e Jurisprudence of Constitutional Structures’ delineates the importance of both the text and the underlying principles of the Indian Constitution in the process of judicial understanding and pronouncements. [...] !is reinforces many such similar issues that have been discussed at the Centre in other programmes; for instance, her concern about the uncertainties regarding the future course of the Arab Spring and its impact on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa; the anxieties generated by China among the countries of the East China sea; the problems that continue to hover over the future of Afg. [...] Understanding all sides, canvassing all points of view, and eliminating superficial ready-made responses go a long way.’ In ‘Towards Growing Links between the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Australia’, Justice Michael Kirby, the longest serving judge of the High Court of Australia and the youngest to be appointed to it, talks about the similarities between the constitutions of the tw. [...] In ‘Unity and Diversity of India: A Genomic Reconstruction from Ancestral Footfalls’, he attempts to answer the question: ‘Where do we come from,’ giving insights into the extent of unity and diversity among peoples of India, the reconstruction of their origins, the trails of migration through the length and breadth of India, and the impact on the M.