A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic
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A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic
By (Author) Rohit De
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
4th February 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
General and world history
Constitutional and administrative law: general
History and Archaeology
342.54
Physical Properties
Hardback
312
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
It has long been contended that the Indian Constitution of 1950, a document in English created by elite consensus, has had little influence on India's greater population. Drawing upon the previously unexplored records of the Supreme Court of India, A People's Constitution upends this narrative and shows how the Constitution actually transformed the
Reviews
"Winner of the J. Willard Hurst Book Prize, Law and Society Association"
"Honorable Mention for the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award, American Society for Legal History"
"Shortlisted for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize, New India Foundation"
"Elegantly written, meticulously researched, and convincingly argued, this is an impressive contribution to understanding Indian democracy and the role of judicial engagement in buttressing it."---A. Ahmad, Choice Reviews
"It is a book that must be read not only by lawyers and (wo)men of law, but by every citizen who seeks to understand the Constitutional underpinnings of our republic. "---Sanjay Hegde and Pranjal Kishore, Economic and Political Weekly
Author Bio
Rohit De is assistant professor of history at Yale University.
