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037			_cPurchased _nSwamy Law House, Adv Easwara Iyer Road, Ernakulam
041			_aEnglish
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100			_aRohit DE
245			_aASSEMBLING INDIA'S CONSTITUTION _b: New Democratic History
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260			_aHarayana _bPenguin Books _c2025
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500			_aIn this paradigm-shifting history, two leading historians of India re-examine the making of the Indian constitution from the perspective of the country’s people. In a departure from dominant approaches that foreground the framing of the text within the Constituent Assembly, Ornit Shani and Rohit De instead demonstrate how it was shaped by diverse publics across India and beyond. They reveal multiple, parallel constitution-making processes underway across the subcontinent, highlighting how individuals and groups transformed constitutionalism into a medium of struggle and a tool for transformation. De and Shani argue that the deep sense of ownership the public assumed over the constitution became pivotal to the formation, legitimacy and endurance of India’s democracy against arduous challenges and many odds. In highlighting the Indian case as a model for thinking through constitution making in plural societies, this is a vital contribution to constitutional and democratic history.
650			_aLaw
650			_aConstitutional and administrative law
650			_aAsian Law
650			_aIndian Law
700			_aOrnit Shani
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