The Wheel of Law (eBook)

India's Secularism in Comparative Constitutional Context

Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn (Autor)

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2009
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-2557-8 (ISBN)

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Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn is Fred Greene Third Century Professor of Jurisprudence and Politics at Williams College. He is the author of Apple of Gold (Princeton), The Supreme Court and the Decline of Constitutional Aspiration, and Pragmatism, Statesmanship, and the Supreme Court.

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How can religious liberty be guaranteed in societies where religion pervades everyday life? In The Wheel of Law, Gary Jacobsohn addresses this dilemma by examining the constitutional development of secularism in India within an unprecedented cross-national framework that includes Israel and the United States. He argues that a country's particular constitutional theory and practice must be understood within its social and political context. The experience of India, where religious life is in profound tension with secular democratic commitment, offers a valuable perspective not only on questions of jurisprudence and political theory arising in countries where religion permeates the fabric of society, but also on the broader task of ensuring religious liberty in constitutional polities. India's social structure is so entwined with religion, Jacobsohn emphasizes, that meaningful social reform presupposes state intervention in the spiritual domain. Hence India's "e;ameliorative"e; model of secular constitutionalism, designed to ameliorate the disabling effects of the caste system and other religiously based practices. Jacobsohn contrasts this with the "e;visionary"e; secularism of Israel, where the state identifies itself with a particular religion, and with America's "e;assimilative"e; secularism. Constitutional globalization is as much a reality as economic globalization, Jacobsohn concludes, and within this phenomenon the place of religion in liberal democracy is among the most vexing challenges confronting us today. A richly textured account of the Indian experience with secularism, developed in a broad comparative framework, this book is for all those seeking ways to respond to this challenge.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2009
• Zusatzinfo: 1 line illus. 1 table.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: activism • Amendment • Article 25 • attempt • Ayodhya • Basic Law • Basic structure doctrine • Bharatiya Janata Party • central government • chief justice • Citizenship • Civil Religion • concurrence • Consideration • Constitution • constitutional amendment • Constitutionalism • Constitutionality • Constitution of India • Corruption • corrupt practices • Criticism • Davis v. Beason • deference • Deliberation • Democracy • dichotomy • Directive Principles • Doctrine • Election • Employment Division v. Smith • Equal Protection Clause • freedom of religion • freedom of speech • Fundamental Rights • Governance • Government of India • Hindu • Hinduism • Hindu nationalism • Hindutva • Ideology • Indian Nationalism • Institution • Judicial Activism • Judiciary • Jurisdiction • Jurisprudence • Law of India • Legislation • Legislature • Legitimacy (political) • liberal democracy • Liberalism • Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum • national identity • Orthodox Judaism • Political corruption • Political Liberalism • Political Party • Political Philosophy • Political System • Politician • Politics • Politics of India • Precedent • Precept • presumption • Princeton University Press • proclamation • Public Policy • public reason • Public sphere • Rajeev Bhargava • Rajeev Dhavan • Religion • religion in india • Religion in Israel • Religiosity • Religious Law • religious nationalism • Rule of Law • Secularism • secularism in India • Secularization • Secular state • separation of church and state • Sharia • skepticism • Sovereignty • Statute • Subversion • Supreme Court of India • supreme court of the united states • The Other Hand • Uniform Civil Code • United States constitution • University of Chicago Press • University of Delhi • Zionism
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-2557-1 / 1400825571
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-2557-8 / 9781400825578