XKDR Newsletter - Issue 8
Litigant perspective upon courts, Improving win rates in firms, 13th Emerging Markets Conference and more.
Evaluating contract enforcement by courts in India: a litigant's lens
The literature on the performance evaluation of the judiciary often ignores the perspective of the litigant who proposes to access the courts for redress. In a new paper, Pavithra Manivannan, Susan Thomas, and Bhargavi Zaveri-Shah review the global literature that evaluates the performance of the judiciary and identify which of the metrics in the literature would directly matter to a litigant. Using the litigant's expectations as performance metrics, they develop an evaluative framework for comparing similar courts that could potentially help litigants make informed choices when approaching courts.
Read the full paper here.
Commentary
The great man theory and concentration of decision-making power with the CEO lead to firm failures. Ajay Shah in his Business Standard column, suggests alternative pathways for Improving the win rates in firms. He argues for creating checks and balances surrounding the CEO and better board composition.
In his column in the Business Standard - Recent asset price movements, Ajay Shah writes about the implications of the global financial markets, inflation in the United States, and the results of the United States mid-term elections, on the global and Indian economy.
Book release
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Reforms in India, Springer series on India Studies in Business and Economics, 2022, Susan Thomas (Editor) is now available.
Crime Victimisation in India, Springer Series on Asian Criminology and Criminal Justice Research, 2022, Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Renuka Sane, Ajay Shah, and Varsha Aithala (Editors) is now available.
Event
We are hosting the 13th Emerging Markets Conference from 12th to 13th December 2022 at the MCA Club in Mumbai, in collaboration with Vanderbilt University Law School, Trustbridge, Springer, Chennai Mathematical Institute, and Shriram Finance. Please contact Jyoti Manke (jyoti@xkdr.org) if you’d like to attend. Click here to view the agenda.