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


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