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The wheel of law : India's secularism in comparative constitutional context

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Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2003Description: 324p xviiISBN:
  • 9781400825578
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.440000 JAC
Contents:
Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: Ashoka's Wheel; PART ONE: Three Models of Secular Constitutional Design; CHAPTER TWO: Nations and Constitutions: Dimensions of Secular Configuration; Three Constitutional Models: A Preliminary Account; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE: Secularism in Context; The United States: Assimilative Secularism; Israel: Visionary Secularism; Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR: India: The Ameliorative Aspiration; "The Good of the People" "The State Shall Endeavor" A Conversion of Convenience; Conclusion. CHAPTER SEVEN: Adjudicating Secularism: Political Liberalism or Religious Revivalism; Story I: Liberalism Ascendant; Story II: Liberalism Subservient; Postscript for Story II; Story III: Jurisprudence; Conclusion: Liberalism, Communalism, and Jurisprudence; CHAPTER EIGHT: So You Want a (Constitutional) Revolution? Lessons from Abroad; Revolutions and Their Constitutions; Constitutional Harmony; Reverse Images; Conclusion; CHAPTER NINE Conclusion: Toward Secular Convergence; Reconsidering Smith; Reinventing the Wheel; Bibliography; Index
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Contents:
Preface;
Acknowledgments;
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: Ashoka's Wheel;
PART ONE: Three Models of Secular Constitutional Design;
CHAPTER TWO: Nations and Constitutions: Dimensions of Secular Configuration;
Three Constitutional Models: A Preliminary Account;
Conclusion;
CHAPTER THREE: Secularism in Context;
The United States: Assimilative Secularism;
Israel: Visionary Secularism;
Conclusion;
CHAPTER FOUR: India: The Ameliorative Aspiration;
"The Good of the People"
"The State Shall Endeavor"
A Conversion of Convenience;
Conclusion. CHAPTER SEVEN: Adjudicating Secularism: Political Liberalism or Religious Revivalism;
Story I: Liberalism Ascendant;
Story II: Liberalism Subservient;
Postscript for Story II;
Story III: Jurisprudence;
Conclusion: Liberalism, Communalism, and Jurisprudence;
CHAPTER EIGHT: So You Want a (Constitutional) Revolution? Lessons from Abroad;
Revolutions and Their Constitutions;
Constitutional Harmony;
Reverse Images;
Conclusion;
CHAPTER NINE Conclusion: Toward Secular Convergence;
Reconsidering Smith;
Reinventing the Wheel;
Bibliography;
Index

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