Working of the Constitution: Checks and Balances

Contents: Part I. CONSTITUTIONAL SUPREMACY: 1. The Myth of Sovereignty. Part II. LEGISLAT IVE POWER AND JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT: 2. Some Facets of Parliament’s Legislative Power. 3. Judicial Imprimatur on Parliament’s Mythical Power?.
4. Problems and Paradoxes of Some Judgments Re: Parliamentary Privileges. 5. Reforms of Political Parties and the Electoral System. 6. Law Making — Knowability of the Law — Ignorance of Law — When an Excuse Law. Part III. JUDICIAL POWER: 7. Human Rights, Common Law and Judiciary. 8. Is the Writ Jurisdiction Rendered Nugatory?. 9. Is Wednesbury on the Terminal Decline?. 10. Public Interest Litigation and Judicial Activism in India. 11. Environment Law and Role of Civil Courts. 12. The Ninth Schedule Judgment — A Critique. 13.Anomalies in Some Recent Judgments — An Appraisal. Part IV. EXECUTIVE POWER: 14. Preserving the Primacy of the Prime Minister — A Case for Reform in India. 15. Delay in Bringing Laws into Force — Assent and Justiciability Thereof. 16. Is the River Rising Higher than the Source? Nature of Rules of Business — Directory. 17. The Power of Eminent Domain and the New Legislation on Land Acquisition — Some Reflections. 18. Trial by Media. Subject Index.

The book Working of the Constitution: Checks and Balances by V. Sudhish Pai covers constitutionalism, and contribution of the Supreme Court of India on constitutional issues. This meticulous work analyses the various judgments pronounced by the Supreme Court on Constitutional matters.

This painstaking work will be of invaluable assistance in presenting a true and clear picture of the law. (jacket)