| India's Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices, Controversies Contributor(s): Hasan, Zoya (Editor), Sridharan, E. (Editor), Sudarshan, R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1843311364 ISBN-13: 9781843311362 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: "India's Living Constitution" examines the constitution that was adopted nearly three years after independence on 26 January 1950, and which remarkably survives today with its basic structure unaltered. This is an extraordinary achievement given that the generally accepted prerequisites for democratic stability did not exist at the time of its composition, and do not even exist today. Half a century of constitutional democracy is a phenomenon that political scientists and legal scholars need to analyse and explain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Law | Constitutional - Political Science |
| Dewey: 342.540 |
| LCCN: 2005482227 |
| Series: Anthem South Asian Studies (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.47" W x 9.54" (2.02 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: India became independent in 1947 and, after nearly three years of debate in the Constituent Assembly, adopted a Constitution that came into effect on 26 January 1950. This Constitution has lasted until the present, with its basic structure unaltered, a remarkable achievement given that the generally accepted prerequisites for democratic stability did not exist, and do not exist even today. Half a century of constitutional democracy is something that political scientists and legal scholars need to analyze and explain. This volume examines the career of constitutional-political ideas (implicitly of Western origin) in the text of the Indian Constitution or implicit within it, as well as in actual political practice in the country over the past half-century. |
