A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic
"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...
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| Format: | Livre |
| Langue: | anglais |
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New Jersey
Princeton University Press
2018
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| Collection: | Histories of Economic Life Series
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| Résumé: | "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 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." |
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| Description matérielle: | xi, 296 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780691192550 |