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Comparative Public Law Syllabus
Instructor COURSE OVERVIEW
Ms. SAUMYA RAI Comparative public law as a discipline has assumed renewed significance especially
after the cold war with many states in the erstwhile communist block embarking on
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framing new constitutions. The purpose of this course is to provide a critical
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understanding of the main issues, trends and methods in comparative public law.
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constitutionalism. After a methodological introduction, it will start with an
overview of the constitutional cycles. In this context, the key features of the
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reinforced amendment processes and constitutional review of legislation. The paper
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MUMBAI-400088 intends to provide a comparative analysis about the structure of government,
legislative process and the role of the judiciary to have better understanding of the
Indian polity.
The course aims at providing the main instruments for the analysis of the evolution
of contemporary constitutionalism through the comparative method. This paper
focuses on analytical and theoretical scrutiny of Public Administrative Law,
Constitutional Law and Criminal Law and its component in comparative manner to
enable the students and develop amongst them the proper understanding of the
subject.
CREDIT: 3 credit
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COURSE STRUCTURE
UNIT-I INTRODUCTION
Locus standi
Judicial Activism
Judicial Accountability
EVALUATION SYSTEM
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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Be able to understand the similarities and differences between leading legal traditions in key areas like
separation of powers, protection of rights and the role of judiciary
2. Be familiar with the methodology of comparative public law
3. Be able to use comparative methodology in public law analysis
ESSENTIAL BOOKS
H. W. Wade, Administrative Law, 10th edition, Oxford University Press; (28 October 2009).
De Smith, Judicial Review of Administrative Action, 4th Edition. London: Stevens and Sons Ltd., 1980.
Garner, Administrative Law, 8th edition, OUP Oxford, (10 October 1996).
D. D. Basu, Comparative Administrative Law, 2nd edition, Lexis Nexis; (1 April 2014).
Wade and Philips, Constitutional Law, 8th Revised edition, Prentice Hall Press, (16 November 1970)
Dicey, Introduction to Law of the Constitution, 8th Revised edition, Liberty Fund Inc, (1 January 1982)
Hood Philips, Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, 7th edition, Sweet & Maxwell, (October 1987).
M. P. Jain and S. N. Jain, Principles of Administrative Law, 7th edition, Lexis Nexis India, (2011)
M. P. Jain, The Evolving Indian Administrative Law, 7th edition, Lexis Nexis India, (2011).
B. Schwartz, An Introduction to American Administrative Law, 5th edition, Lexis Nexis, (2007)
M. P. Jain, Cases and Materials on Administrative Law, 7th edition, Lexis Nexis India, (2011)
Ivor Jennings, Law and the Constitution, 2nd edition, University of London Press (1964).
K. C. Davis, Discretionary Justice, 5th Printing edition, University of Illinois Press, (May 1, 1976).
6. Peoples Union for Democratic Rights v. Union of India ( A.I.R.. 1982 , S C 1473)
9. Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug vs Union of India & Ors, WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 115 OF 2009
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10. Tuka Ram And Anr vs State Of Maharashtra, 1979 AIR 185, 1979 SCR (1) 810
14. Hiral P Harsora and ors v. Kusum Narottamdas Harsora & Ors, CIVIL APPEAL NO. 10084 of 2016
15. Arnesh Kumar v. State Of Bihar & Anr, CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1277 OF 2014
16. Satish Mehra V. State (NCT of Delhi) and another, AIR 2013 SC 506
17. State of Orissa vs. Devendra Nath Padhi, 2005(1) SCC 568
19. Rajiv Thapar vs. Madan Lal Kapoor, AIR 2013 SC (supp.) 1056
21. Neelu Chopra & anr. v. Bharti, AIR 2009 SC(Supp) 2950
26. Gopinath Ghosh v. State of West Bengal, 1984 Cri. L.J. 168 (SC) JT 2005(2) SC 271
27. Pratap Singh vs. State of Jharkhand and another, (1986) 3 SCC 596
Note: The above list is illustrative and not exhaustive. The updated case laws will be discussed.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Singh, M. P.; V.N Shuklas Constitution of India; Eastern Book Company(4th ed., 2007)
Finer, S.E.; Comparative Government; Penguin Books, Christopher Forsyth, Mark Elliott, Swati Jhaveri,
and Effective Judicial Review: A Cornerstone of Good Governance (Oxford University Press, 2010).
D.D. Basu, Comparative Constitutional Law (2nd ed., Wadhwa Nagpur).
David Strauss, The Living Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Dr. Subhash C Kashyap, Framing of Indian Constitution (Universal Law, 2004)
Elizabeth Giussani, Constitutional and Administrative Law (Sweet and Maxwell, 2008).
Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law, Principles and Policies (3rd ed., Aspen, 2006)
M.V. Pylee, Constitution of the World (Universal, 2006)
Mahendra P. Singh, Comparative Constitutional Law (Eastern Book Company, 1989).
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Neal Devins and Louis Fisher, The Democratic Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2010)
S.N Ray, Judicial Review and Fundamental Rights (Eastern Law House, 1974).
Sudhir Krishna Swamy, Democracy and constitutionalism in India A Study of the Basic Structure
Doctrine (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Sunil Khilnani,Vikram Raghavan, Arun Thiruvengadam, Comparative Constitutionalism in South Asia
(Oxford University Press, 2013).
Vikram David Amar, Mark Tushnet, Global Perspectives on Constitutional Law (Oxford University
Press, 2009).
Zachery Elkins, Tom Ginsburg, James Melton, the Endurance of National Constitutions (Cambridge
University Press, 2009).
SUGGESTED ARTICLES
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K.K. Venugopal, Separation of Power and the Supreme Court of India, Vol. 2 No. 2 Journal of Law and Social
Policy 64-82 (July 2008).
Linda Bosniak, Persons and Citizens in Constitutional Thought 8 (1) International Journal of Constitutional Law
9-29 (January 2010).
Nathan Chapman, Due Process as Separation of Powers, 121(7) Yale Law Journal 1672-1807 (2012 May).
Rajvir Sharma, Judiciary as Change Agent: Some insights into the Changing role of Judiciary in India, 58(2)
Indian Journal of Public Administration 264-286 (2012 April-June).
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