About the Journal

In many respects, the history of civilization is the history of ideas committed to writing. Long before laws were enacted, institutions established or revolutions realised, there existed thoughts on whose bedrock the society moved towards change. Every enduring change has first existed as a thought, then penned down as a prose or poem, then made part of discourses and finally, transformed into actions. To believe that writing is a passive record of history and not its principal architect is to believe that the inscriptions on Ashoka’s edicts were mere stone carvings and not the moral compass of an empire; that Bhagat Singh’s Inquilab was a mere rhetoric and not the clarion call of resistance for denizens of this nation; that Constituent Assembly Debates are transcripts and not the bare thread that wove India’s constitution into existence. Words possess the extraordinary ability to preserve memory, challenge orthodox practices, influence institutions, and inspire generations and writing has, without doubt, always been humanity’s most enduring tool to preserve and transform its existence.

Academic writing has always occupied a central place within this continuous dialogue of evolution, serving both as a record of contemporary thought and as a catalyst for future reform. When we conceptualised Capital Law Review, it was with this appreciation and love for academic scholarship and discourse in the arena of law, because while law undoubtedly exercises authority, law finds its legitimacy in the liberty it secures, the dignity it protects, and the justice it seeks to realise. Hence, the core and crux of legal scholarship is to examine whether law continues to fulfil the aspirations of the people it shapes and is shaped by. Law ultimately deals with humans and their conduct, their frailty, their rights and dignity. Therefore, writing about law is most meaningful when we combine the precision our field demands with empathy, curiosity, and an openness to varied perspectives.