Deviation from accepted social standards of living has been a concern since the inception of society. Society, through its laws, has set a threshold of deviations, the crossing of which, whatsoever be the motivation for such imprudence, becomes behaviour that warrant attention and correction. G S Sachdeva, the author of the book under review, echoes this social truth about human nature, in the same vein and grandeur as David Hume, at the outset of his exposition, ‘Humans are after all human and wherever they go (…) And under stress or provocation, these [their human instincts] may burst open, criminally’ (p. vii). Does Sachdeva maintain this Humeanist elegance and eloquence that he displays at the start of his discourse through the rest of the book? In fact, Sachdeva, of everything he is and he is not, is thoroughly philosophical in his approach to things, which manifests as an irresistible desire to explore meanings and to provide explanations for the same. That perhaps qualifies him as a Humeanist.