A study on the role of lawyers in India’s freedom struggle and towards nation building

Abstract

While we talk about Law as a profession, it is undoubtedly a vast area with innumerable persons contributing to it across the globe. It is also one of the most challenging professions for it encompasses tough thinking, analysing, reasoning, contemplating as a part of the process or for rendering advisory services, rule or policy making or simply when it comes to representing a client and arguing on behalf in a court of law. As per a report in the United States News’ List for the year 2016, the profession of a lawyer has been seen standing at the rank of 16 among the top 100 best paying jobs and the same stood at 71st rank across the world. Again, it not just the same being group as higher earning that makes it more attractive, the pride of the profession of law also entails the dynamic aspect of the job which is often reflected due to the emergence of several influential leaders of the world from the law background. Starting from the former President of USA, Barack Obama, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, former US President Bill Clinton, former President of Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde who are the contemporary world leaders worth mentioning to Karl Marx, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela are the ones who had earned their highest degree in law and are the seasoned lawyers among others who passed their whole life in pursuit of emancipation of the human beings. Former President of Cuba, Fidel Castro and Former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew were also the law practitioners. The current paper is subdivided into various chapters which deals with the concept and development of legal profession, jurisprudential aspect, the role of lawyers in the Indian National Freedom Struggle Movement and their contribution towards nation building.