The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution [1 ed.] 9780198704898

Table of contents :
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
INTRODUCTION

1. Locating Indian Constitutionalism
SUJIT CHOUDHRY, MADHAV KHOSLA, AND PRATAP BHANU MEHTA
PART I HISTORY

2. Constitutional Antecedents
ROHIT DE
3. Indian Constitutionalism: Crisis, Unity, and History
UDAY S MEHTA
4. The Indian Founding: A Comparative Perspective
HANNA LERNER
PART II NEGOTIATING CONSTITUTIONALISM

5. Constitutional Interpretation
CHINTAN CHANDRACHUD
6. Law, Politics, and Constitutional Hegemony: The Supreme Court, Jurisprudence, and Demosprudence
UPENDRA BAXI
7. Constitutional Identity
GARY JEFFREY JACOBSOHN
8. Constitutional Change: A Public Choice Analysis
SHRUTI RAJAGOPALAN
9. International Law and the Constitutional Schema
LAVANYA RAJAMANI
PART III CONSTITUTING DEMOCRACY

10. Citizenship
NIRAJA GOPAL JAYAL
11. Language
SUJIT CHOUDHRY
12. Elections
ADITYA SONDHI
13. Emergency Powers
RAHUL SAGAR
14. Constitutional Amendment
MADHAV KHOSLA
PART IV SEPARATION OF POWERS

15. Separation of Powers
JUSTICE (RETD) RUMA PAL
16. Legislature: Composition, Qualifications, and Disqualifications
MR MADHAVAN
17. Legislature: Privileges and Process
SIDHARTH CHAUHAN
18. Executive
SHUBHANKAR DAM
19. Judicial Architecture and Capacity
NICK ROBINSON
20. Judicial Independence
JUSTICE (RETD) BN SRIKRISHNA
21. Jurisdiction
RAEESA VAKIL
22. The Administrative and Regulatory State
TV SOMANATHAN
23. Tribunals
ARUN K THIRUVENGADAM
24. Review of Administrative Action
PRATEEK JALAN AND RITIN RAI
PART V FEDERALISM

25. The Federal Scheme
MAHENDRA PAL SINGH
26. Legislative Competence: The Union and the States
V NIRANJAN
27. Inter-State Trade, Commerce, and Intercourse
ARVIND P DATAR
28. Inter-State River Water Disputes
HARISH SALVE
29. Fiscal Federalism
NIRVIKAR SINGH
30. Asymmetric Federalism
LOUISE TILLIN
31. Local Government
KC SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
PART VI RIGHTS—STRUCTURE AND SCOPE

32. Rights: Breadth, Scope, and Applicability
ANANTH PADMANABHAN
33. Horizontal Effect
STEPHEN GARDBAUM
34. Writs and Remedies
GOPAL SUBRAMANIUM
35. Savings Clauses: The Ninth Schedule and Articles 31A–C
SURYA DEVA
36. Directive Principles of State Policy
GAUTAM BHATIA
37. Public Interest Litigation
SHYAM DIVAN
38. The Constitutionalisation of Indian Private Law
SHYAMKRISHNA BALGANESH
PART VII RIGHTS—SUBSTANCE AND CONTENT

39. Equality: Legislative Review under Article 14
TARUNABH KHAITAN
40. Reservations
VINAY SITAPATI
41. Gender Equality
RATNA KAPUR
42. Life and Personal Liberty
ANUP SURENDRANATH
43. Due Process
ABHINAV CHANDRACHUD
44. Criminal Law and the Constitution
APARNA CHANDRA AND MRINAL SATISH
45. Free Speech and Expression
LAWRENCE LIANG
46. Assembly and Association
MENAKA GURUSWAMY
47. Movement and Residence
ANIRUDH BURMAN
48. Profession, Occupation, Trade, or Business
VIKRAMADITYA S KHANNA
49. Secularism and Religious Freedom
RONOJOY SEN
50. Personal Laws
FLAVIA AGNES
51. Minority Educational Institutions
K VIVEK REDDY
52. Property
NAMITA WAHI
PART VIII THE GOVERNMENT’S LEGAL PERSONALITY

53. Government Contracts
UMAKANTH VAROTTIL
54. Sovereign Immunity
NEELANJAN MAITRA
55. Public Employment and Service Law
RAJU RAMACHANDRAN
EPILOGUE

56. The Indian Constitution Seen from Outside
MARK TUSHNET
Index