An Economist Best Book of the Year How India’s Constitution came into being and instituted democracy after independence from British rule. Britain’s justifi

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“Constitution” is a rich term in Western political culture, encompassing political and juridical doctrine as well as government practices through the ages.

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Since the American Revolution, there has been broad cultural consensus that “the people” are the only legitimate ground of public authority in the United St