The book contains short, co-ordinated, integrated and coherent account of the important phases of the development of legal institutions in India. It also contains various chapters on Modern Judicial System, from Privy Council to Supreme Court, High Courts, Development of Law, Personal Laws, Codification, Law Reform, Law Reporting and Legal Profession, Legal Education, Development of Criminal Law, Development of Civil Law, Constitutional History etc., with reference to Case Law and exhaustive commentary.