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Austin, Granville.

The Indian Constitution : Cornerstone of a nation / Granville Austin. - 25th Imp - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2019 - xxii, 390 p. ; 22 cm. - Oxford India paperbacks .

Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1966.

Contents:
1. The Constituent Assembly;
Microcosm in Action;
2. Which Road to Social Revolution;
3. The Conscience of the Constitution;
The Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy I;
4. Fundamental Rights II;
5. The Executive;
Strength With Democracy;
6. The Legislature;
Unity Through Popular Government;
7. The Judiciary and the Social Revolution;
8. Federalism;
The Amicable Union I;
9. Federalism II;
10. Federalism III;
11. Amendment ;
The Flexible Federation;
12. Language and the Constitution;
The Half-Hearted Compromise;
13. Conclusion;
Comments on a Successful Constitution;
App. I. The Cabinet Commission Plan;
App. II. Members of Assembly Committees;
App. III. A. Biographical Sketches;
App. III. B. List of Assembly Members Mentioned.

ISBN: 0195649591

LCCN: 00266672

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constitutional history--India.

LC Class. No.: KNS1760 / .A968 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 342.5402 AUS-1