Meghashree Dev
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
“A Constitutional Renaissance”, 16 July 2018
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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-82
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In The Indian Express.
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Publication: 16 July 2018
“Curbs on Defections: Some Constitutional Conundrums”, 27 November 1989
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Identifier: UB-005-01-06-11
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Curbs on Defections (Times of India, 1988): Analysis of anti-defection legislation aimed at preventing legislators from switching political parties. Baxi examines constitutional implications, tensions between party discipline and individual conscience, impact on parliamentary democracy, and whether such laws strengthen or weaken democratic representation and accountability. In The Times of India.
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Publication: 27 November 1989
M K Nambyar, 'Our Fundamental Rights' (1951) II Madras Law Journal 41., 1951
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Identifier: MKN-003-03-2
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M. K. Nambyar examines the constitutional significance of Fundamental Rights in post-Independence India, arguing that they serve as enforceable limits on state power. He critiques attempts to curtail civil liberties and emphasises the judiciary's role in protecting individual freedoms and upholding constitutional democracy.
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1951
The Little Done, Vast Undone: Reflections on Reading Granville Austin’s The Indian Constitution, 1967
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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-04
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Upendra Baxi's reflections on Granville Austin's 'The Indian Constitution': Cornerstone of a Nation (often cited by its original title/theme, "The Little Done, the Vast Undone") praise Austin's monumental work as a deep, balanced historical account of India's Constituent Assembly, highlighting its consensus-driven, social-reVol.utionary spirit. Baxi sees Austin as a "constitutional sleuth" revealing the 'constitutional unknowable' but points out the enduring gap between the Constitution's...
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Publication: 1967
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