Granville Austin .
Working a Democratic Constitution
The Indian Experience
Granville Austin
Oxford University Press, 1999; second impression, 2000."This classical work of Granville Austin is a must for every judge, lawyer, historian, researcher, and other persons interested in the constitutional history of India."--Soli J. Sorabjee, Attorney General of India
Austin's magnum opus tells the very human story of how the social, political, and day-to-day realities of the Indian people have been reflected in and directed the course of constitutional reforms since 1950
The Indian Constitution
Cornerstone of a Nation
Granville Austin
Oxford University Press, 2000"The author has done for the Indian constitution what C.A. Beard and other scholars have done for the constitution of the United States. The author's reading has been vast and he has undertaken much research in unpublished material....There is something majestic in the scale of the work that is appropriate to the subject-matter."--The Economist
The Indian Constitution provides a history of the Indian Constituent Assembly. It discusses how and why the members of the Assembly wrote their constitution as they did. This new edition of Austin's classic work has a preface that brings it up to date with contemporary developments in constitutional law.
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