Book contents
- Reviews
- Assembling India’s Constitution
- Assembling India’s Constitution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Terms
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Our Constitution’
- 2 Making the Constitution a Public Affair
- 3 Competing Constitutionalism
- 4 The Emerging State and the Constitution
- 5 The Theatre of the Assembly
- 6 The Horizons of India’s Constitutional Imagination
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Published Primary Sources
- Secondary Literature
- Index
- References
Published Primary Sources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2025
Book contents
- Reviews
- Assembling India’s Constitution
- Assembling India’s Constitution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Terms
- Introduction
- 1 ‘Our Constitution’
- 2 Making the Constitution a Public Affair
- 3 Competing Constitutionalism
- 4 The Emerging State and the Constitution
- 5 The Theatre of the Assembly
- 6 The Horizons of India’s Constitutional Imagination
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Published Primary Sources
- Secondary Literature
- Index
- References
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- Assembling India’s ConstitutionA New Democratic History, pp. 326 - 327Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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