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Constitutional Law I

120 chapters · 5 modules · about 24 hours of reading

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Unit I Locked 0 of 32 read
  1. 1 Constitutional Law I: What This Paper Covers, and How to Read This Book (locked) 10 min
  2. 2 What a Constitution Is, and What This One Has to Do (locked) 11 min
  3. 3 The Constitution as the Basic Norm (locked) 10 min
  4. 4 Forms and Models of a Constitution (locked) 9 min
  5. 5 Written and Unwritten, Rigid and Flexible (locked) 10 min
  6. 6 What Constitutionalism Means, and Why a Constitution Is Not Enough (locked) 12 min
  7. 7 The Rule of Law, and What Survives of Dicey (locked) 10 min
  8. 8 The Rule of Law Inside Our Own Constitution (locked) 10 min
  9. 9 Constitutional Supremacy, and Parliamentary Sovereignty Compared (locked) 10 min
  10. 10 The Concept of Liberty, and Who Limits Whom (locked) 10 min
  11. 11 The Constitution as a Living Document (locked) 10 min
  12. 12 The Salient Features of the Indian Constitution (locked) 10 min
  13. 13 The Longest Written Constitution, and Why (locked) 8 min
  14. 14 A Federation With a Unitary Bias (locked) 13 min
  15. 15 Parliamentary Government, and the Separation of Powers Here (locked) 13 min
  16. 16 Single Citizenship, Universal Franchise and an Independent Judiciary (locked) 12 min
  17. 17 The Preamble, Word by Word (locked) 10 min
  18. 18 Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic (locked) 12 min
  19. 19 Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity (locked) 13 min
  20. 20 The Preamble as a Tool to Interpret the Constitution (locked) 10 min
  21. 21 What the Courts Have Held About the Preamble (locked) 11 min
  22. 22 Is the Preamble Part of the Constitution, and May It Be Amended? (locked) 10 min
  23. 23 Who Became a Citizen in 1950 (locked) 14 min
  24. 24 Persons of Indian Origin Abroad, and Voluntary Foreign Citizenship (locked) 10 min
  25. 25 Parliament's Power Over Citizenship (locked) 9 min
  26. 26 Citizenship by Birth and by Descent (locked) 11 min
  27. 27 Citizenship by Registration, by Naturalisation, and by Territory (locked) 11 min
  28. 28 The Assam Accord: Section 6A (locked) 10 min
  29. 29 The Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, and Section 6B (locked) 12 min
  30. 30 Overseas Citizenship of India (locked) 10 min
  31. 31 Losing Citizenship: Renunciation, Termination and Deprivation (locked) 10 min
  32. 32 Registers, Identity Cards and the Rest of the Act (locked) 10 min
Unit II Locked 0 of 16 read
  1. 33 Why There Are Fundamental Rights At All (locked) 11 min
  2. 34 Why the Definition of State Decides Everything (locked) 7 min
  3. 35 The Authorities Article 12 Names (locked) 7 min
  4. 36 Other Authorities, and the Tests the Courts Built (locked) 15 min
  5. 37 Is the Judiciary State? (locked) 9 min
  6. 38 Article 13: Laws Inconsistent With Fundamental Rights (locked) 10 min
  7. 39 Pre-Constitutional and Post-Constitutional Laws (locked) 9 min
  8. 40 The Doctrine of Eclipse (locked) 10 min
  9. 41 The Doctrine of Severability (locked) 8 min
  10. 42 The Doctrine of Waiver (locked) 9 min
  11. 43 The Doctrine of Ultra Vires (locked) 10 min
  12. 44 The Equality Code: How Articles 14 to 18 Fit Together (locked) 9 min
  13. 45 Equality Before the Law, and Equal Protection of the Laws (locked) 9 min
  14. 46 Reasonable Classification: the Twin Test (locked) 12 min
  15. 47 Arbitrariness: the Newer Doctrine (locked) 11 min
  16. 48 Article 14 Applied: Working the Problems (locked) 20 min
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  1. 49 Article 15: The Prohibited Grounds (locked) 10 min
  2. 50 Special Provision for Women and Children (locked) 11 min
  3. 51 Reservation in Education: Article 15(4) and 15(5) (locked) 11 min
  4. 52 The Economically Weaker Sections: Article 15(6) and 16(6) (locked) 10 min
  5. 53 Article 16: Equality of Opportunity in Public Employment (locked) 8 min
  6. 54 Reservation in Public Employment (locked) 8 min
  7. 55 The Fifty Per Cent Ceiling, and the Creamy Layer (locked) 11 min
  8. 56 Reservation in Promotion (locked) 8 min
  9. 57 Article 17: Untouchability Abolished (locked) 8 min
  10. 58 Article 18: Titles (locked) 7 min
  11. 59 Article 19: The Six Freedoms (locked) 8 min
  12. 60 Freedom of Speech and Expression (locked) 11 min
  13. 61 The Grounds of Reasonable Restriction (locked) 13 min
  14. 62 Prior Restraint and Pre-Censorship (locked) 11 min
  15. 63 Assembly, Association, Movement and Residence (locked) 10 min
  16. 64 Profession, Trade, Occupation and Business (locked) 13 min
  17. 65 Article 19 Applied: Working the Problems (locked) 10 min
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  1. 66 Article 20: The Three Protections of an Accused (locked) 8 min
  2. 67 Ex Post Facto Law (locked) 7 min
  3. 68 Double Jeopardy (locked) 8 min
  4. 69 The Protection Against Self-Incrimination (locked) 11 min
  5. 70 Article 22: Arrest and Detention (locked) 11 min
  6. 71 Preventive Detention (locked) 12 min
  7. 72 Article 21: From Gopalan to Maneka Gandhi (locked) 11 min
  8. 73 Procedure Established by Law, and Due Process (locked) 10 min
  9. 74 The Expansion of the Word Life (locked) 13 min
  10. 75 Personal Liberty, and the Writ That Protects It (locked) 10 min
  11. 76 Article 21 and the Emergency (locked) 11 min
  12. 77 Article 21A: The Right to Education (locked) 12 min
  13. 78 Education Before Article 21A (locked) 11 min
  14. 79 Article 21 Applied: Working the Problems (locked) 12 min
  15. 80 Articles 23 and 24: The Right Against Exploitation (locked) 12 min
  16. 81 Traffic in Human Beings (locked) 9 min
  17. 82 Forced Labour and Begar (locked) 12 min
  18. 83 Bonded Labour (locked) 15 min
  19. 84 Article 24: Child Labour (locked) 14 min
  20. 85 What Secularism Means Here (locked) 12 min
  21. 86 Article 25: Freedom of Conscience and Free Profession of Religion (locked) 19 min
  22. 87 Essential Religious Practices (locked) 18 min
  23. 88 The Limits of Religious Freedom (locked) 14 min
  24. 89 Article 26: Freedom to Manage Religious Affairs (locked) 15 min
  25. 90 Articles 27 and 28: Religious Taxation and Religious Instruction (locked) 12 min
  26. 91 The Uniform Civil Code (locked) 19 min
Unit V Locked 0 of 29 read
  1. 92 Who Is a Minority (locked) 14 min
  2. 93 Article 29: The Right to Conserve a Culture (locked) 14 min
  3. 94 Article 30: To Establish and to Administer (locked) 19 min
  4. 95 How Far the State May Regulate a Minority Institution (locked) 21 min
  5. 96 Minority Institutions and the Right to Education Act (locked) 15 min
  6. 97 Article 32: A Fundamental Right to a Remedy (locked) 19 min
  7. 98 The Five Writs (locked) 14 min
  8. 99 Habeas Corpus (locked) 15 min
  9. 100 Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari and Quo Warranto (locked) 15 min
  10. 101 Article 32 and Article 226 Compared (locked) 12 min
  11. 102 Article 226: The Power to Issue Writs (locked) 20 min
  12. 103 Public Interest Litigation (locked) 18 min
  13. 104 The Limits of Public Interest Litigation (locked) 16 min
  14. 105 Saving of Certain Laws: Articles 31A, 31B and 31C (locked) 21 min
  15. 106 Article 31B and the Ninth Schedule (locked) 15 min
  16. 107 Article 31C: When a Directive Principle Beats a Fundamental Right (locked) 15 min
  17. 108 What Happened to the Right to Property (locked) 15 min
  18. 109 Articles 33, 34 and 35: The Forces, Martial Law, and Who Legislates (locked) 17 min
  19. 110 Part IV: The Directive Principles of State Policy (locked) 13 min
  20. 111 Why the Principles Are Not Enforceable, and What That Costs (locked) 16 min
  21. 112 The Socialistic Principles (locked) 17 min
  22. 113 The Gandhian Principles (locked) 14 min
  23. 114 The Liberal and Intellectual Principles (locked) 17 min
  24. 115 Directive Principles and Fundamental Rights: the Relationship (locked) 19 min
  25. 116 Judicial and Legislative Trends on the Directive Principles (locked) 19 min
  26. 117 The Directive Principles and the Welfare State (locked) 15 min
  27. 118 Part IVA: The Fundamental Duties (locked) 13 min
  28. 119 Where the Duties Came From (locked) 12 min
  29. 120 Are the Duties Enforceable? (locked) 16 min

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