We, The People

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Description
Nani A. Palkhivala's name is a byword in India's legal world. A man of many and varied parts, he has crossed with ease the law's narrow confines and has gone beyond into numerous other fields. His life's work, as evidenced by this volume, bears testimony to his passionate commitment to public causes. He has given generously and unsparingly of himself and his talents to the nation whenever the occasion demanded - most particularly in defence of the rights and liberties of the common man, so that the well-springs of democracy may remain undefiled.
In a narrative which is both lucid and felicitous, Palkhivala discusses a wide range of subjects -education and democracy; economic growth and social justice; socialism and taxation; crucial constitutional issues and memorable judgments; personalities and the law; nuclear proliferation and apartheid; and his experiences as the Ambassador of India to the U.S.A.
The author incisively analyses the public policies which have resulted in India - one of the most gifted nations in the world - remaining one of the poorest countries on earth.
Palkhivala's mordant wit runs like a silver thread through the book, making it compelling reading.
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Contents
Part I - Education, Democracy and Socialism
1.    The State of the Nation
2.    Convocation Addresses
3.    The People - the Only Keepers of Freedom
4.    India - the Potential and the Reality
5.    Lethal Controls on Cement
Part II - Taxation
6.    The Ideology of Taxation
7.    The Ideal Budget
8.    Union Budgets since 1957
Part III - Constitutional Issues
9.    Attacks on the Constitution during the Emergency
10.  Fundamental Rights
11.  Premature Dissolution of Parliament
12.  The Supreme Court’s Judgment in the Judges’ Case
13.  Constitutional Changes and the Presidential System
14.  Centre-State Relations
Part IV – Personalities, Diplomacy and the Law
15.  The Great and the Eminent
16.  An Ambassador in Washington
17.  The Law and Lawyers
Index
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Author Details
Nani A. Palkhivala was born in January 1920. He was a Professor of Law at the Government Law College, Bombay, and was appointed the Tagore Professor of Law at the Calcutta University. In 1975 he was elected an Honorary Member of The Academy of Political Science, New York, and in 1977, he was appointed Ambassador of India to the United States of America.
In June 1978 the Princeton University, New Jersey (USA), conferred on him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, describing him as "defender of constitutional liberties, champion of human rights, teacher, author and economic developer." In April 1979 the Lawrence University, Wisconsin (USA), conferred on him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws.
Palkhivala has argued a number of historical cases in the courts of India and abroad. He is also associated with several industrial and business houses as Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Director.
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