HOPE IN CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING: REORIENTATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION

Authors

Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Quinnipiac University, Department of Legal StudiesFollow

Abstract

This Article suggests that moments of contemporary constitution for­mation are often moments of rupture, but at the same time, the legiti­macy of that break from the past paradoxically relies on establishing a continuity with the past. Drawing on ideas of hope and reorientation from Hirokazu Miyazaki, this Article examines the formation of the In­dian Constitution and argues that while that constitution embraces what appear to be liberal constitutional norms from other constitutions, it re­orients their meaning to transform them into useful vehicles for contem­porary Indian social reform.

Recommended Citation

Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, HOPE IN CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING: REORIENTATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION, 45 W. New Eng. L. Rev. 1 (2023), https://digitalcommons.law.wne.edu/lawreview/vol45/iss1/1