Extradition in international law and practice V.1

A comprehensive treatise on the law of extradition starting in the early days of civilizations of anti quity from the private vengeance to get hold of the political or religious opponents of the established authority or reigning prince and passing through various stages along with the state itself it has transformed in the modern times into an institution of genuine public order to suppress crimes in the society. It discusses all the aspects of the problem arising before a fugitive offender is actually surren dered to the state whose socio economic and political order has been disturbed by the acts of the person apprehended.

The book is not confined to major discussions of the subject, but minutely and subtly deals with those topics also which are generally left out by the authors to the discretion of the executives of the states concerned.

It is the first book written by an Asian author on the subject, which has been highly acclaimed appreciated by his peers and profu sely referred to by research scholars. The work is not confined to the theoretic part of the problem limiting itself to the statutory provisions in the national laws, but thorough investigations have been made through the treaties and conventions, which the states have concluded with other states for the suppression of the increasing crimes in the world.

Besides, rights of an individual have been adequately and properly discussed, animating either from the violations of his basic human rights or arising from the national statutes or from some treaty provisions.