PRESIDENTIAL LEGISLATION IN INDIAThe Law and Practice of Ordinances

Shubhankar Dam

Shubhankar Dam is an Assistant Professor of Law at Singapore Management University School of Law.

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Size : 230mm x 150mm

Pages : xviii+259pp

Year : 2014

Binding : Paperback

ISBN : 9781107444348

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NEWNEWNEWNEWComparative Constitutional Law and Policy

India has a parliamentary system. Yet the presidenthas authority to occasionally enact legislation (orordinances) without involving parliament. This bookis a study of ordinances at the national level in India,centred around three themes. First, it tells the storyof how an artifact of British constitutional history,over time, became part of India’s legislative system.Second, it offers an empirical account of the waysin which presidents have resorted to ordinances inpost-independence India. Third, the book analysesa range of ordinance-related questions, includingsome that are yet to be judicially adjudicated. In theprocess, the book explains why much of the IndianSupreme Court’s jurisprudence is mistaken and whatshould take its place. Overall, the book explains whythe fate of parliamentary reforms in India may betied to the reform of the provision for ordinances.Standing at the intersection of constitutional law andpolitical science, Presidential Legislation in Indiaoffers a new frame through which to assessexecutives’ legislative powers in both parliamentaryand presidential systems.

PRESIDENTIAL LEGISLATION IN INDIAThe Law and Practice of Ordinances

Shubhankar Dam

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CONTENTSList of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Alternatives to ParliamentaryLegislation

Part I: Origins and Practice

1. The Transplant Effect: Early Origins of Ordinancesin England and India; 2. Legislative Surrogacy:Cabinets and Ordinances, 1952-2009

Part II: Law and Interpretation

3. Negotiating the Text: Ordinances, Article 123 andthe Interpretative Deficit; 4. Reading Minds:Presidential Satisfaction and Judicial Review ofOrdinances; 5. The Power of No: Presidents,Cabinets and the Making of Ordinances

Conclusion: ‘Edwardian’ Reading of Ordinances

BibliographyIndex