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A people's constitution : the everyday life of law in the Indian republic /

"It has long been contended that the Indian Constitution of 1950, a document in English created by elite consensus, has had little influence on India's greater population. Drawing upon the previously unexplored records of the Supreme Court of India, A People's Constitution upends this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De, Rohit (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Histories of economic life.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The case of the constable's nose : policing prohibition in Bombay
  • The case of the excess baggage : commodity controls, market governance, and the making of administrative law
  • The case of the invisible butchers : economic rites and religious rights
  • The case of the honest prostitute : sex, work, and freedom in the Indian Constitution
  • Epilogue.