{"product_id":"liberty","title":"Liberty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Description\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFew societies in the 19th and early 20th centuries remained untouched by the\u003cbr\u003eradical new idea of liberty, which implied both individual freedom and freedom\u003cbr\u003efrom despotic rule. The leaders of India’s anti-colonial struggle, in making\u003cbr\u003ethe concept their own, expanded its purview. But this definition of freedom,\u003cbr\u003eunderstood as socio-economic justice, was found to be fundamentally at odds\u003cbr\u003ewith its narrower meaning during the debates in the Constituent Assembly.\u003cbr\u003eAs Professor John Harriss shows in this book, a fierce battle has thus played\u003cbr\u003eout ever since the setting up of the Republic between what are referred to as\u003cbr\u003enegative and positive freedoms, or, broadly, the guarantees of the Fundamental\u003cbr\u003eRights, and the goals of the Directive Principles of State Policy. The contest\u003cbr\u003ehas often been one between a judiciary adhering to the Constitution and a\u003cbr\u003eParliament pursuing what Nehru called ‘real freedom’ for the masses. Several\u003cbr\u003eConstitutional amendments—the 1st of 1951, the 24th and 25th of 1971, the\u003cbr\u003e42nd of 1976—ended up placing restrictions on individual freedoms as much\u003cbr\u003eas they pushed the agenda of social reform. Much worse happened, however, in\u003cbr\u003ethe name of national security, like the 16th Amendment of 1963, which brought\u003cbr\u003eabout the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act four years later. With the curbing\u003cbr\u003eof our individual liberties and leaden steps, at best, towards reform under\u003cbr\u003esuccessive governments, the central constitutional aim of liberty is still a long\u003cbr\u003eway off.\u003cbr\u003eThis monograph lucidly explains the difficult relationship between the\u003cbr\u003eConstitution and the Parliament, a relationship that must be clearly understood\u003cbr\u003eif we are ever to strike the right balance between the freedom of the individual\u003cbr\u003eand ‘real freedom’, as dreamt of by those who founded the Indian republic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pupilio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71140504371453,"sku":"9789354477393","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0429\/3656\/5919\/files\/61Wir06SqoL._SL1500.jpg?v=1786711591","url":"https:\/\/www.pupilio.com\/products\/liberty","provider":"Pupilio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}