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Presidential legislation in India : the law and practice of ordinances / Shubhankar Dam

By: Series: Comparative constitutional law and policyPublisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: ix, 259 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107444348 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.54077 DAM
Contents:
Part I. Origins and Practice: 1. The transplant effect: early origins of ordinances in England and India; 2. Surrogate legislation: an empirical account of ordinances, 1952-2009; Part II. Law and Interpretation: 3. Negotiating the text: ordinances, Article 123, and the interpretative deficit; 4. Reading minds: presidential satisfaction and judicial review of ordinances; 5. The power of no: presidents, cabinets, and the making of ordinances.
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Part I. Origins and Practice: 1. The transplant effect: early origins of ordinances in England and India; 2. Surrogate legislation: an empirical account of ordinances, 1952-2009; Part II. Law and Interpretation: 3. Negotiating the text: ordinances, Article 123, and the interpretative deficit; 4. Reading minds: presidential satisfaction and judicial review of ordinances; 5. The power of no: presidents, cabinets, and the making of ordinances.