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Politics and ethics of the Indian constitution /

Contributed articles presented at a conference on the political philosophy of the Indian constitution held in Goa in Sept. 2001.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bhargava, Rajeev (Editor)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2008330041.html
Table of Contents:
  • Section I. The Constitution as a statement of Indian identity / Bhikhu Parekh
  • Gandhi and the Constitution : Parliamentary Swaraj and village Swaraj / Thomas Pantham
  • Institutional visions and sociological imaginations: the debate on Panchayati Raj / Peter Ronald deSouza
  • Outline of a theory of practice of Indian constitutionalism / Upendra Baxi
  • A text without author : locating the constituent assembly as event / Aditya Nigam.
  • Section II. The Indian state : Constitution and beyond / Suhas Palshikar
  • Citizenship and the Indian Constitution / Valenian Rodrigues
  • Citizenship and the passive revolution : interpreting the First Amendment / Nivedita Menon
  • Democracy and Constitutionalism / Sanjay Palshikar
  • Constitutional justice : positional and cultural / Gopal Guru.
  • Section III. Religion and the Indian Constitution : questions of separation and equality / Gurpreet Mahajan
  • Passion and constraint: courts and the regulation of religious meaning / Pratap Bhanu Mehta
  • Rights versus representation: defending minority interests in the constituent assembly / Shefali Jha
  • Minority representation and the making of the Indian Constitution / Rochana Bajpai.