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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

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.

Dates

  • Publication: 1967

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From the Collection: 250 Megabytes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

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 promise of social justice and the reality of persistent poverty and inequality for millions, a failure of implementation that remains the "vast undone" for India's marginalized, despite the Constitution's life and judicial vitality. Published in the Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Vol. 9 No. 3. pg 323-430

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