Wheel of Law
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Ayodhya
Basic structure doctrine
Bharatiya Janata Party
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Central government
Citizenship
Concurrence
Consideration
Constitution
Constitution of India
Constitutional amendment
Constitutionalism
Constitutionality
Corrupt practices
Corruption
Criticism
Deliberation
Democracy
Directive Principles
Doctrine
Election
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Equal Protection Clause
Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
Fundamental rights
Governance
Government of India
Hindu
Hindu nationalism
Hinduism
Hindutva
Ideology
Indian nationalism
Institution
Judicial activism
Judiciary
Jurisprudence
Law of India
Legislation
Legislature
Legitimacy (political)
Liberal democracy
Liberalism
Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
National identity
Political party
Political philosophy
Politician
Politics
Precedent
Presumption
Princeton University Press
Public reason
Rajeev Bhargava
Religion
Religion in India
Religion in Israel
Secular state
Secularism
Secularism in India
Secularization
Separation of church and state
Sharia
Skepticism
Statute
Supreme Court of the United States
The Other Hand
Uniform civil code
Zionism
Product details
- ISBN 9780691122533
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 03 Apr 2005
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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How can religious liberty be guaranteed in societies where religion pervades everyday life? In The Wheel of Law, Gary Jacobsohn addresses this dilemma by examining the constitutional development of secularism in India within an unprecedented cross-national framework that includes Israel and the United States. He argues that a country's particular constitutional theory and practice must be understood within its social and political context. The experience of India, where religious life is in profound tension with secular democratic commitment, offers a valuable perspective not only on questions of jurisprudence and political theory arising in countries where religion permeates the fabric of society, but also on the broader task of ensuring religious liberty in constitutional polities. India's social structure is so entwined with religion, Jacobsohn emphasizes, that meaningful social reform presupposes state intervention in the spiritual domain. Hence India's "ameliorative" model of secular constitutionalism, designed to ameliorate the disabling effects of the caste system and other religiously based practices.
Jacobsohn contrasts this with the "visionary" secularism of Israel, where the state identifies itself with a particular religion, and with America's "assimilative" secularism. Constitutional globalization is as much a reality as economic globalization, Jacobsohn concludes, and within this phenomenon the place of religion in liberal democracy is among the most vexing challenges confronting us today. A richly textured account of the Indian experience with secularism, developed in a broad comparative framework, this book is for all those seeking ways to respond to this challenge.
Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn is Fred Greene Third Century Professor of Jurisprudence and Politics at Williams College. He is the author of "Apple of Gold" (Princeton), "The Supreme Court and the Decline of Constitutional Aspiration", and "Pragmatism, Statesmanship, and the Supreme Court".
