HONORS GROUP

C. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
C2 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LAW
Course Contents
UNIT-I: Affirmative Action in USA
 Meaning and Origin of Affirmative Action
 Constitutional Provisions Concerning Equal Protection
 Different Levels of Scrutiny
 Racial Classification Benefiting Minorities
UNIT-II: Non Discrimination and Equal Opportunity in India
 Affirmative Action and making of Indian Constitution.
 Implementation of Affirmative Action Provisions.
 The Quota Debate
 Assessment of the Affirmative Action Programme
UNIT-III: Social Reservation in India
 Identification of Beneficiaries
 Relaxation in Qualification
 Quantum of Reservation
 Exclusion of Affluent Sections

REFERENCES:
1. M.P. Jain, Indian Constitutional Law Wadhwa, Nagpur
2. M.P.Singh (Ed) V.N.Shukla, Constitutional Law of India Eastern Book Co, Lucknow
3. Udai Raj Rai, Fundamental Rights and their Enforcement, PHI Learning Pvt Ltd
4. Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law (Aspen Casebook Series)
5. A T Mason & D G Stephenson, jr., American Constitutional Law, Routledge
6. M S Paulsen et al., The Constitution of the United States, Foundation Press
7. Ashwini Deshpande, Affirmative Action in India, Oxford University Press.
8. Politics of Inclusion Castes, Minorities and Affirmative Action, Oxford Unversity
Press.