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Comparing the structures and challenges of democratic constitutionalism in India and the European Union, this book explores how democracy is possible within vastly diverse societies of continental scale, and why a constitutional framework is best able to secure the ideals of collective autonomy and individual dignity. It contributes to an emerging comparative discussion on structures of power, separation of powers and a comparative law of democracy, which has long been neglected in comparative constitutional studies. This timely and invigorating book showcases a novel comparative approach...

This book provides an overview of the Indian Constitution by situating it within its larger socio-political context. It focuses on the overarching principles and the main institutions of constitutional governance that the world's longest written constitution inaugurated in 1950. The nine chapters of the book address the following topics: the pre-history of the constitution and its making; the structural features and actual operation of principal governance institutions including the executive and the parliament, the institutions of federalism and local government, the judiciary, and the set...