Need to Amend a Constitution and Doctrine of Basic Features

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Description
Grant of an amending power to the future generations which can only make inconsequential changes to the Constitution but which cannot amend some basic features of the Constitution, is not at all a satisfactory solution. What the future generations will require more is the amendment of the basic features of the Constitution because only that can meet their aspirations and requirements, if at all needed. It is only the non-amendability of the basic features of the Constitution which can lead to a revolution and not of the inconsequential provisions. Allowing the future generations with the power only to make inconsequential changes in the Constitution and not the real ones even if they need, would mean as if they are being placated with toy weapons while the real weapon is buried deep inside the graveyards of the dead people of the older generations.
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Contents
Chapter 1.    Nature of the Constitution
Chapter 2.    Need to Amend a Constitution
Chapter 3.    Factors Responsible For Changes in Constitutions
Chapter 4.    Modes of Changes in a Constitution
Chapter 5.    Amending Clauses of Constitutions of Various Countries
Chapter 6.    Amending Clauses of Constitutions of the States in the USA
Chapter 7.    Expressions Used in Amending Clauses and Their Meanings
Chapter 8.    Methods of Amendment
Chapter 9.    Express Limitations on Amending Power
Chapter 10.  Referendum as a Mode of Amendment
Chapter 11.  Amending Clause in the Constitution of India
Chapter 12.  Basic Features of the Constitution
Chapter 13.  Basic Features : Other Aspects
Chapter 14.  Conclusions and Suggestions
Appendices
    Appendix I - Indian Parliamentary Election 1999
    Appendix II - Results of Views and Opinions of Intellectuals with Regard to
    Referendum Elicited Through a Questionnaire
    Select Bibliography
Subject Index
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Author Details
Dr. Ashok Dhamija, M.Sc., LL.M., Ph.D. Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Ex-IPS Officer
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