FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, DELHI-110007 January 2021 LL B IV Term Paper: LB ± 401: Constitutional Law ± II [Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, Civil Servants and Amendment of the Constitution] Prescribed Text : The Constitution of India, 1950 Prescribed Books: 1
CHAPTER 2 Constitutional Law MARC G PERLIN* § 2 1 Introduction During 1980, controversial legislative enactments dealing with capital punishment and school prayers, issues which have divided national public opinion for over a decade, were tested in the Supreme Judicial Court The Court held both enactments unconstitutional
iii Ackerman: “constitutional moments” – elevated democratic politics (3 moments in American history- founding, reconstruction, New Deal) 1 but, much of the constitutional decision-making was based on political compromise, rather than high-minded principled decision-making (based on values) iv content of the constitutional commitments 1
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2 This Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic; law or conduct inconsistent with it is invalid, and the obligations imposed by it must be fulfilled Citizenship 3 (1) There is a common South African citizenship (2) All citizens are— (a) equally entitled to the rights, privileges and benefits of citizenship; and