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082			_a342.54029 _bBHA.T
100	1		_aBhatia, Gautam
245	1	4	_aTransformative Constitution : _bA Radical Biography in Nine Acts
260			_aNoida _b HarperCollins Publishers India _c2019
300			_axliv, 499 pages ; _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"We think of the Indian Constitution as a founding document, embodying a moment of profound transformation from being ruled to becoming a nation of free and equal citizenship. Yet the working of the Constitution over the last seven decades has often failed to fulfill that transformative promise. Not only have successive Parliaments failed to repeal colonial-era laws that are inconsistent with the principles of the Constitution, but constitutional challenges to these laws have also failed before the courts. Indeed, in numerous cases, the Supreme Court has used colonial-era laws to cut down or weaken the fundamental rights. The Transformative Constitution by Gautam Bhatia draws on pre-Independence legal and political history to argue that the Constitution was intended to transform not merely the political status of Indians from subjects to citizens, but also the social relationships on which legal and political structures rested. He advances a novel vision of the Constitution, and of constitutional interpretation, which is faithful to its text, structure and history, and above all to its overarching commitment to political and social transformation."--Publisher's website.
650		0	_aConstitutional history _zIndia.
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zIndia.
650		7	_aConstitutional history. _2fast
650		7	_aConstitutional law. _2fast
651		7	_aIndia. _2fast
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