Constitutionalizing India : an ideational project

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Constitutionalizing India : an ideational project

Bidyut Chakrabarty

Oxford University Press, 2018

1st ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-291) and index

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  • British liberals and the initial impetus towards reorganizing the Indian socio-political order
  • Nationalist liberals and the advent of liberal thought
  • Radical liberals and the reimagining of the 'nation' through politics
  • Princely states and the nationalists' constitutionalizing endeavour
  • Major colonial designs towards constitutionalizing India
  • Major nationalist initiatives towards constitutionalizing India
  • Mahatma Gandhi's alternative conceptualization of liberal constitutionalism
  • The Constituent Assemly and its role in articulating a distinct response
  • The doctrine of basic structure and the reinforcement of constitutional liberalism in post-independent India

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