People''s Constitution - The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic

Zusatztext "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 Informationen zum Autor Rohit De is assistant professor of history at Yale University. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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

Product details

• Authors: Rohit De
• Assisted by: Jeremy Adelman (Editor), Sunil Amrith (Editor), Emma Rothschild (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780691174433
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17443-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Histories of Economic Life; Histories of Economic Life
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LAW / Constitutional, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, Asian History, General and world history, History and Archaeology, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general