TY - GEN AU - Chakrabarty, Bidyut TI - Indian constitution : text, context and interpretation SN - 9789386446107 U1 - 342.20954 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. KW - N1 - Contents List of Abbreviations xiii Preface xv About the Author xvii Introduction 1 Section A: Foundational Values 17 Chapter 1: Historical Roots of the Constitution of India 19 Chapter 2: Directive Principles of State Policy (Part IV of the Constitution of India) 41 Chapter 3: Constitutional Democracy in India 64 Chapter 4: Salient Features of the 1950 Constitution of India 82 Section B: Articulating a Vision 105 Chapter 5: Ethics and Constitutional Governance in India 107 Chapter 6: The Doctrine of Basic Structure of the Constitution of India 119 Chapter 7: Citizenship in India 136 Chapter 8: Language and Nation-building: Constitutional Inputs 148 Chapter 9: Constitutionalizing Reservation in India 162 Chapter 10: Gender as Critical to the Processes of Constitutionalization 177 Chapter 11: Right to Freedom of Religion (Articles 25–28) 191 Chapter 12: Secularism in India 201 Chapter 13: Federalism in India: Redefining the Constitutional Template for Governance 214 Chapter 14: Emergency Provisions?Part XVIII (Articles 352–360) 233 Chapter 15: Article 370 of the Constitution of India 252 Chapter 16: Election Commission of India 258 Section C: Instruments for Constitutionalizing India 269 Chapter 17: Judiciary in India 271 Chapter 18: Amending Procedures 294 Chapter 19: Comptroller and Auditor General of India 301 Chapter 20: Governor: A Constitutional Functionary with Political Aims or a Political Functionary with Constitutional Goals? 313 Chapter 21 : Local Governance in India 328 Conclusion 356 Select Bibliography B-1 Index 1-1 Index ER -