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Author Dam, Shubhankar, 1981-

Title Presidential legislation in India : the law and practice of ordinances / Shubhankar Dam, Singapore Management University, School of Law.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Comparative constitutional law and policy
Comparative constitutional law and policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The transplant effect : early origins of ordinances in England and India -- Legislative surrogacy : cabinets and ordinances, 1952 -- 2009 -- Negotiating the text : ordinances, article 123 and the interpretative deficit -- Reading minds : presidential satisfaction and judicial review of ordinances -- The power of no : presidents, cabinets and the making of ordinances.
Summary "The legislative process in India's parliamentary system, like elsewhere, is a shared exercise: the executive and the legislature partake in it. Ordinarily, proposals for legislation originate in the cabinet. If the cabinet decides that a law is necessary, a bill is drafted, on occasions, with external inputs. After it is introduced in the two houses, the bill goes through several 'readings', committee hearings and amendments. The final draft is debated and voted on. If a bill secures the requisite majority in both houses, it is sent to the president for assent, upon which the bill becomes an Act. Parliament, in this formal view, is central to the legislative process, and legislation are products of among other things a rational-legal scrutiny and vote. In practice, parliament is less than central; the legislative process rarely confirms to the constitutional ideal type. Take, for example, political parties and their influence on the legislative process. The party to which a government belongs can have a disproportionate say in policy and legislative matters. Indeed, depending on the personalities involved, legislative proposals may even originate and take shape in party headquarters. Or consider a coalition government. A cabinet's decision to introduce a bill may be evidence of compulsion, not necessity. It may be a price for keeping the coalition together or a political maneuvering to secure new allies. Also, consider the influence of non-representative actors and their ability to direct legislative proposals"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Orders in council.
Orders in council.
Executive orders -- India.
Executive orders.
India.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Dam, Shubhankar, 1981- Presidential legislation in India 9781107039711 (DLC) 2013028338
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