The Constitution of India has been brought up-to-date by incorporating
therein all the amendments up-to and including the Constitution Act, 2016.
Topics covered includes: The Union and Its Territory, Citizenship, Fundamental
Rights, Directive Principles Of State Policy, Fundamental Duties, Parliament,
Legislative Powers Of The President, The Union Judiciary, The Union Territories,
The Panchayats, The Municipalities, The Co-operative Societies, The Scheduled
and Tribal Areas, Relations Between The Union and The States, Trade, Commerce
and Intercourse Within The Territory Of India, Services Under The Union and The
States.
Author(s): Ministry Of Law And Justice, Government Of
India
This Book covers definition
and scope of constitutional law and traditional constitutional concept, Sources
of a constitution, Federalism, Separation of Powers, The rule of law,
Classification of Constitutions, Systems of government, Constitutional
supremacy, Parliamentary supremacy, Constitutional development of
Nigeria, Constitutional development, Constitutional development in Nigeria: 1979
to Date.
The book became a standard work which
was translated into several languages. Bagehot began his book by saying, do not be fooled by constitutional theories and formal institutional
continuities– concentrate instead on the real centers of power and the practical
working of the political system. He dismissed the two theories of the division
of powers and of checks and balances as erroneous.
This book explains the
following topics: Constitutional Texts: US, Canada, South Africa, The Adoption of
the U.S. Constitution, The Bank of the United States and the Powers of the
Federal Government, The Role of the Federal Courts in the Constitutional
Framework, Separation of Powers: The Allocation of Powers within the Federal
Government, Federalism: The Allocation of Powers between the Federal and State
Governments, Federalism: Constitutional Limits on State Powers.
This book presents succinctly
the general principle of constitutional law, whether they pertain to the federal
system, or to the state system, or to both.
Author(s): Andrew
Cunningham McLaughlin and Thomas McIntyre Cooley