Edited by A.P. Jain and published by the Swatantra Party in 1963, Lawless Legislation is a compilation of speeches and articles by members of the Swatantra Party that shed light on why the party opposed the 17th amendment to the Constitution. The Seventeenth Amendment is to act as an authorization charter for applying zamindari laws to all ryotwari lands and other lands held by all kinds of owners. A leader of the Swatantra Party and Indian liberal, C. Rajagopalachari writes about how the climax of lawlessness is reached when the law actually seeks to amend the Constitution itself in order to bring it into line with itself.