The Constitutionalisation of Indian Private Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23619657 |
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| Authors | Shyamkrishna Balganesh (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 680-696 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/law/9780198704898.003.0038 |
| OpenAlex | W616419059 |
| ISBN | 9780198704898 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This chapter examines the relationship between private law and constitutional law in India, with particular emphasis on tort law. It considers the Indian Supreme Court’s expansion of its fundamental rights jurisprudence over the past thirty years, as well as its effort to transcend the public law/private law divide. It also explains how the Court’s fusion of constitutional law and tort law has affected the independent efficacy, normativity, and analytical basis of equivalent private law claims in India. It argues that the Court’s efforts have only undermined the overall legitimacy of private law mechanisms in the country, and that this phenomenon is evident not only with respect to tort law, but also to a lesser degree in other areas of private law, such as contract law and property law.
Civil law (Civil law) · Commercial law · Common law · Comparative law · Jurisprudence · Liability · Municipal law · Political science · Private law · Public law · Tort · European and International Contract Law · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal principles and applications
| Highly cited | No |
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