Table of Contents

Preface; Notes on Contributors; INTRODUCTION: 1. Introduction: Civilization, Constitution, Democracy; I. OVERVIEW: 2. The (Im)possibility of Consitutional Justice: Seismographic Notes on Indian Consitutionalism; 3. The Indian Consitution and Democracy; 4. The Nation and the State in India: A Difficult Bond; II. ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES: 5. India's Secular Consitution; 6. How Has the Proliferation of Parties Affected the indian Federation?: A Comparative Approach; 7. 'Stateness' and Democracy in India's Constitution; 8. The Inner Conflict of Constitutionalism: Judicial Review and the 'Basic Strucutre'; III: RIGHTS AND JUSTICE: 9. Individual and Group Rights: A View From India, 10. Sex Equality, Liberty, and Privacy: A Comparative Approach to the Feminist Critique; IV. EQUITY: 11. The Pursuit of Social Justice; 12. The Long Half-Life of Reservations; V. INDIA'S POLITY: 13. The Expected and the Unintended in Working a Democratic Constitution; 14. The Origins of the Electoral System: Rules, Representation, and Power-Sharing in India's Democracy; 15. Decentralization and Local Government: The 'Second Wind' of Democracy in India, 16. The 'Politics of Presence' and Legislative Reservations; Index