Sandipto Dasgupta (New York New School for Social Research)

Legalizing the Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

An innovative synthesis of the history of decolonization and constitutional theory. Contributes to the field of political theory of decolonization; presents an original theory of the Indian constitution as well as the concept of 'postcolonial constitutionalism'; and offers an appraisal of the crisis of democratic institutions in the Global South

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Produktdetails

• South Asia in the Social Sciences
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 510
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9781009525244
• ISBN-10: 1009525247
• Artikelnr.: 70342243

Autorenporträt

Sandipto Dasgupta is Assistant Professor of Politics at the New School for Social Research, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Decolonization and Constitution
Part I. Revolution without a Revolution: 1. The Anticolonial Movement
2. Transformations
Part II. Authors: 3. They, The People
4. The Constituent Administrator
Part III. Institutions: 5. Democracy and Parliamentarism
6. Rights and Repression
7. Property and Labour
8. Judiciary and Lawyers
Conclusion: The Postcolonial Afterlives of Law and Revolution
Epilogue: The Biographies of the Indian Constitution
Notes
Index.