000			02426nam a22002657a 4500
999			_c56693 _d56693
005			20210923111422.0
008			200708b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780691192550
028			_a:Brijwasi Book Distributors _b:H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092 _c:BW/005823 _d:08/06/20
082			_a342.54 DE
100			_aDe, Rohit
245			_aA People's Constitution _c/ Rohit De
260			_aPrinceton . _b: Princeton University Press, _c2019
300			_a296p. _c24cm.
365			_b699
490			_aHistories of economic life.; Princeton scholarship online.
500			_aIt 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 daily lives of citizens in profound and lasting ways. This remarkable legal process was led by individuals on the margins of society, and Rohit De looks at how drinkers, smugglers, petty vendors, butchers, and prostitutes - all despised minorities - shaped the constitutional culture. The Constitution came alive in the popular imagination so much that ordinary people attributed meaning to its existence, took recourse to it, and argued with it.
520			_aIt 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 daily lives of citizens in profound and lasting ways. This remarkable legal process was led by individuals on the margins of society, and Rohit De looks at how drinkers, smugglers, petty vendors, butchers, and prostitutes - all despised minorities - shaped the constitutional culture. The Constitution came alive in the popular imagination so much that ordinary people attributed meaning to its existence, took recourse to it, and argued with it. Read less
650			_aLaw
650			_aConstitutional & administrative law
650			_aConstitutional law -- India.
650			_aConstitutional law.
700			_aDe, Rohit
942			_cBOOK