CONTENTS List of Tables, Figures and Appendices . 7 Acknowledgements .. 9 Editors/Contributors 11 1. Introduction: Issues and Aspects of Judicial Reforms in India ARNAB KUMAR HAZRA and BIBEK DEBROY 15 2. What Can the Rule of Law Variable Tell Us About Rule of Law Reforms? KEVIN E. DAVIS .. 3 7 3. Legal Structure and Economic Freedom of States in India BIBEK DEBROY and LAVEESH BHANDARI .. 59 4. Justice and the Poor: Does the Poverty of Law Explain Elusive Justice to Poor? VIDEH UPADHYAY . 85 5. Contemporary Views on Access to Justice in India JUSTICE G.C. BHARUKA 101 6. Delays in the Administration of Justice CARL BAAR 119 Judicial Reforms in India: Issues and Aspects 7. The Problem of Court Congestion: Evidence from Indian Lower Courts ARNAB KUMAR HAZRA and MAJA B. MICEVSKA 137 8. Legal Reform and Economic Development in India: Case of Alternative Dispute Resolution NANDAN NAWN ..157 9. Pursuing Best Practice Levels of Judicial Productivity- An International Perspective on Case Backlog and Delay Reduction in India BARRY WALSH 171 10. The Reduction of Case Backlog in the Courts: A Framework and Strategy CARL BAAR and ROBERT G. HANN .. 189 11. Driving Transformation: The Elements in Achieving Transformation in Courts through Technology MURALI SAGI 213 12. Technology and its Impact on Backlog and Delay Reduction AMARJIT SINGH BEDI 245 13. Crime Deterrence and the Need for Reforms: An Analysis of Indian States DEBASHIS CHAKRABORTY, ARNAB KUMAR HAZRA and PAVEL CHAKRABORTY 263 Index .. 325