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From The Ali To The Ili: The Efforts To Export An American Legal Institution, Jayanth K. Krishnan
From The Ali To The Ili: The Efforts To Export An American Legal Institution, Jayanth K. Krishnan
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In this article, I argue that those who believe that Americans can successfully export their visions of law and legal research to other countries need to consider - in addition to Japan and Germany, two countries that are often touted as exemplars - the case of India. India gained its independence from the British in 1947, and soon thereafter many American experts traveled to India in an effort to foster a culture of Western legal intellectualism. As part of their mission to improve the status of law in India, the Americans, upon their arrival, strongly advocated for the construction of …