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Presidential legislation in India : the law and practice of ordinances /

"The legislative process in India's parliamentary system, like elsewhere, is a shared exercise: the executive and the legislature partake in it. Ordinarily, proposals for legislation originate in the cabinet. If the cabinet decides that a law is necessary, a bill is drafted, on occasions,...

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Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:Comparative constitutional law and policy
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Table of Contents:
  • The transplant effect : early origins of ordinances in England and India
  • Legislative surrogacy : cabinets and ordinances, 1952--2009
  • Negotiating the text : ordinances, article 123 and the interpretative deficit
  • Reading minds : presidential satisfaction and judicial review of ordinances
  • The power of no : presidents, cabinets and the making of ordinances.