Transformative Constitution: A RadicalBiography in Nine Acts (Record no. 49665)
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| fixed length control field | 01908 a2200181 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250309114456.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789353576646 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 342.54029 BHA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bhatia, Gautam |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Transformative Constitution: A RadicalBiography in Nine Acts |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Harpercollins Publishers India |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Gurugram, Haryana |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 300 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The Constitution of India embodies a moment of profound transformation-one in which the subjects of an alien, colonial regime became the free citizens of a republic. Yet, this is the story of constitutions the world over. The Indian Constitution was, however, transformative in a second sense as well: it sought a thorough reconstruction of State and society itself.<br/><br/>It recognized that, unlike in the West, the State had never been the only power centre in India. Deeply pervasive hierarchies were maintained by structures that took various forms-caste, for instance-and the State had limited authority to interfere. The Constitution, then, was intended to transform not just the political status of Indians from subjects to citizens, but also the social relationships on which legal and political edifices rested.<br/><br/>The Transformative Constitution is an attempt to understand-and to give primacy to-this original transformative vision of the Constitution. Gautam Bhatia interprets India's founding document in a way which is faithful to its text, structure, and history, and above all to its overarching commitment to political and social transformation. He picks out nine cases-and analyses their judgements in painstaking detail in the context of seven decades' worth of Indian jurisprudence-to show how they advance the core principles of equality, fraternity, and liberty enshrined in it. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Constitutional history-India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Constitutional law-India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Politics and Government |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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