Episode by episode
Further Reading
Episode 1
The Pulse of the People
- Karkaria, Bachi. In Hot Blood: The Nanavati Story that Shook India. New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, 2017.juggernaut.in ↗
- Prakash, Gyan. Mumbai Fables. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.press.princeton.edu ↗
Episode 2
You Can’t Trust Them
- Kolsky, Elizabeth. Colonial Justice in British India: White Violence and the Rule of Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.cambridge.org ↗
- McClure, Alistair. Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence, and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857–1922. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024.cambridge.org ↗
- Jaffe, James. Trial by Jury in India: A History, 1862–1973. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026.cambridge.org ↗
Episode 3
They, the People
- Naresh, Vatsal. “‘Problems of an Other’s Making’: B. R. Ambedkar, Caste, and Majoritarian Domination.” American Political Science Review 119, no. 4 (2025): 1634–48.doi.org ↗
- Ramesh, Hari. Harnessing the State: Oppressed Groups and the Pursuit of Radical Democracy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2026.hup.harvard.edu ↗
- De, Rohit, and Ornit Shani. Assembling India’s Constitution: A New Democratic History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.cambridge.org ↗
- Dasgupta, Sandipto. Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024.cambridge.org ↗
Episode 4
The Case for Juries
- Liang, Lawrence. Objection, M’Lord: Cinematic Justice in Popular Hindi Films. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2027.
- Sekhri, Abhinav. “Free Speech & Its Restraints: Why A Professor—Or Anyone Else—Can Be Arrested For Expressing An Opinion.” Article 14, May 20, 2025.article-14.com ↗
- Suresh, Mayur. Terror Trials: Life and Law in Delhi’s Courts. New York: Fordham University Press, 2023.academic.oup.com ↗
- Jaffe, James. The Panchayat in Modern India: Documents and Cases since 1800. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2025.orientblackswan.com ↗