INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW and JUSTICE.
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW and JUSTICE.
On 2rd March 2020 Saveetha School of Law, Centre for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR) has organised a one- day international seminar on the Administration of Law and Justice. Prof. Dr. Vasileios Adamidis, Professor and Principal Lecturer Nottingham Law School was the chief guest. The chief guest of the day, Prof. Dr. Vasileios Adamidis spoke on Aristotle’s idea of law and justice. He explained in detail the Nicomachaen ethics and the various dimensions of Justice. He spoke at length about distributive justice and narrated the dichotomy between justice in the sense of proportionality and justice in a narrower sense in terms of the telios. The session was well received by the impending jurists of SSL, who were spellbound by the appealing story of Tellus, the Athenian, who was hailed as the happiest man on earth. Dr. S. Anuja, Assistant Professor, TNNLU, Trichy, delivered the keynote address focusing on the various dimensions of law and justice. The distinguished guest of the day brought the role of collective morality and the effervescent conflict between the wisdom of man and wisdom of law. She resonated with Salmond's ideology of “just and righteous” nature of humans and the need for external force for the maintenance of an orderly society. The afternoon technical session was handled by Dr. A Raghunatha Reddy, Director in charge, Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. Dr. A Raghunatha Reddy highlighted law as a non static concept and he elaboraed it with the help of change of laws in recent times like decriminalisation of adultery, legalisation of same sex marriage, allowing women to enter into Sabarimala and the PuttaswamyJudgementrecognising right to privacy etc. He asked the students what is justice and opined that justice depends on the situation and there’s no one step that fits all definition. Justice and morality are inversely proportional to each other and evolves with the change in the collective wisdom of the society. The event concluded with a question and answer session and networking over high tea.
