The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of A Nation

In this classic work, based on original sources, one of the world's leading experts on Indian constitution law examines the ideals, motivations, and vision of the founders of the Indian Constitution. He analyses the extent to which they were successful in articulating India's goals and in designing the necessary governing structures. The book shows how the constitution has been a socially revolutionary and modernizing force. The author contends that the seeds of solutions to existing and future problems can be found within the document's principles and that it is misguided to say that the constitution has not 'worked.'

This volume is essential reading for scholars and students of law and political science, as well as all those interested in the making of contemporary India.

Reviews

There is something majestic in the scale of the work that is appropriate to the subject-matter. The style. admirably dear!

- The Economist

......the most readable, and probably the most thorough, account of the framing of the Indian Constitution that has been published... political history at its best.

- Journal of Asian Studies

....a masterly study.....remains a classic exegesis of the fascinating, if often tortuous, process which produced one of the world's longest and most enduring constitutional documents.'

- Public Law

....a seminal study on the framing of our constitution.'

- The Book Review