CHAPTER 10
Comparative Constitutionalism
Alisha Dhingra and Rounak Kumar Pathak
Reader’s Guide
The chapter attempts to expose students to the multitudinous sites of constitutionalism by distinguishing between constitutions as historical texts and constitutionalism as ideological sites which justify specific constitutional theory and practices. The chapter explores questions such as: What is a constitution? What is the process through which constitutionalism evolved? For adequate investigation to these questions, the chapter traces the diverse historical experiences of constitutional development and their forms, and the conception of transformative constitutionalism in societies transitioning from colonial to postcolonial constitutionalism. ...
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