Summary of Salmond's jurisprudence

Salmond on Jurisprudence is a legal classic and has been with students, the Bench and the Bar for the last seven decades. In this Summary the original has been scrupulously followed and later developments are pointed out in footnotes.
Stability and progress are the two main pillars of law.. Expectations aroused by past experience over a period of time cannot be easily upset, otherwise social stability is undermined. On the other hand, the felt necessities of time can be disregarded by the legislator at the peril of the destruction of social structure itself. The inter-play be tween these two ideologies stability on one hand and social necessity on the other is particularly visible in law making in India today.
Legal concepts are fast undergoing change today, the impact of other disciplines, particularly of medical science, sociology and economic theory, is felt on all branches of law. The necessity for Great Britain to join the EEC may bring up the problem of reconciliation between parliamentary sovereignty and the Treaty of Rome to the fore.. Radical changes in private ownership may become a feature of constitutional law not only in India but also in other countries. An excellent book by P. B. Gajendragadkar The Indian Parliament and the Fundamental Rights (T.L.L. 1969) - gives the historical background leading upto the recent Fundamental Rights case in India and is a 'must' for advanced students.