We, the People, and Our Constitution
商品資訊
商品簡介
The foundational ideas of Indian democracy-fraternity, equality, secularism,
justice-are not alien concepts. As this book shows, from the earliest attempt
with the 'Constitution of India Bill' in 1895, whose authorship is unknown,
to the 1925 Commonwealth of India Bill, the Motilal Nehru Constitutional
Draft of 1928 and various Congress resolutions to the Constituent Assembly
of 1946, we see these basic ideas reiterated again and again. With the adoption
of the Constitution, 'we, the people' merely affirmed our faith in an idea of
freedom that thousands of Indians had fought and died for.
Among the many distinguishing features of our Constitution is the role it
has played in realizing the promises of the freedom struggle. We see how,
creative interpretations by the judiciary aside, it has provided the blueprint for
interventions by civil society to protect the citizen from both the brazenness
of political power as well as the uncertainties of a developing economy. No
wonder, then, that in the decades since Independence, the Constitution has
become our very identity as Indians. For all its shortcomings, it has held our
democracy together, and the people have, likewise, stepped up in its defence
when needed, like they did in 2019 to protest the ominous amendments to
the Citizenship Act.
In this lucid yet passionately argued essay, distinguished scholar of political
science Neera Chandhoke shows us why our Constitution is as much a
political and moral document as it is a legal one, and as Indian as the republic
it created.
您曾經瀏覽過的商品
購物須知
外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。