A People's Constitution
Book • 2018
A People's Constitution explores how the Indian Constitution acquired social and legal force through everyday interactions with courts, litigants, and ordinary citizens.
Rohit De documents cases and social struggles in which workers, marginalized groups, and local actors turned to legal institutions to claim rights and resolve disputes, showing the constitution's practical life beyond elite framers.
The book argues that constitutional meaning is produced continuously through litigation, administrative practice, and popular engagement.
By following legal actors and claimants across regions, De reveals the reciprocal relationship between law and society in postcolonial India.
Rohit De documents cases and social struggles in which workers, marginalized groups, and local actors turned to legal institutions to claim rights and resolve disputes, showing the constitution's practical life beyond elite framers.
The book argues that constitutional meaning is produced continuously through litigation, administrative practice, and popular engagement.
By following legal actors and claimants across regions, De reveals the reciprocal relationship between law and society in postcolonial India.
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