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028			_aBrijwasi Book Distributors _b;H-87,Lalita Park,Laxmi Nagar,Delhi-110092 _cBW/005825 _d;08/06/2020
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082			_a342.54029 BHA
100			_aBhatia,Gautam.
245			_aThe Transformative Constitution _b: a radical biography in nine acts _c/Gautam Bhatia.
260			_aNoida _b: HarperCollins Publishers India _c, 2019.
300			_axliv, 499 pages _c ; 22 cm.
365			_b699
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520			_a "We think of the Indian Constitution as a founding document, embodying a moment of profound transformation from being ruled to becoming a nation of free and equal citizenship. Yet the working of the Constitution over the last seven decades has often failed to fulfill that transformative promise. Not only have successive Parliaments failed to repeal colonial-era laws that are inconsistent with the principles of the Constitution, but constitutional challenges to these laws have also failed before the courts. Indeed, in numerous cases, the Supreme Court has used colonial-era laws to cut down or weaken the fundamental rights. The Transformative Constitution by Gautam Bhatia draws on pre-Independence legal and political history to argue that the Constitution was intended to transform not merely the political status of Indians from subjects to citizens, but also the social relationships on which legal and political structures rested. He advances a novel vision of the Constitution, and of constitutional interpretation, which is faithful to its text, structure and history, and above all to its overarching commitment to political and social transformation."--Publisher's website.
650			_aHistory
650			_aConstitutional history -- India.
650			_aConstitutional law -- India.
655			_aConstitutional history. _bConstitutional history.
700			_aBhatia,Gautam.
942			_cBOOK