Mathew John

India's Communal Constitution (eBook, PDF)

Law, Religion, and the Making of a People

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009317740
• Artikelnr.: 70910372

Autorenporträt

Mathew John is Professor and Executive Director, Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence at the Jindal Global Law School. He completed his doctoral work at the London School of Economics on the impact of secularism on Indian constitutional practice. His research interests are Public Law, Constitutionalism, Governance, Pluralism and Human Rights.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Communalisation of Religion in Indian Constitutional Law
3. The Communal Image of the People in India's Personal Laws
4. A Lurking Majoritarianism: A Communal Prism of Minority Rights
5. Sacralising Caste: The Hindu Resolution of Equal Citizenship
6. Conclusion: Appraising the Communal Constitution.