What are you expected to know for the exam?

1. Constitutionalism
- Henkin and Lev’s differing conceptualisations of constitutionalism
- Nadeau-Barlow - cultural contexts of constitutionalism and state, “brutal
equality”
2. Making of the Indian Constitution
- Moving from concept to practice
- Historical contextualisation
3. Separation of Powers
- Comparative framing of adoption of principles/practices through analysis of
Federalist Papers
- Landau - Bilchitz - Separation of powers playing out in Global South

Organs/Branches of the Indian Democracy

Largely, the course structure has followed these three components in Module 2 onwards:
a. Constitution text
b. Constitutional history (CA debates/Samvidhaan)
c. Practice (Litigated histories of case law + political context)

The exam will test what we have covered in this class, and things incidental thereto. There will
be two components:
a. A doctrinal component (what is the text/black letter of the law - constitution +
case law). Know the substance of the text/ruling in case - rote memorisation is
not everything, but memory is important in some way.
b. A contextual component (analysis and interpretation of the law)

4. The Executive
5. The Legislature
6. The Judiciary
7. Fourth Branch Institutions
8. Federalism
9. Decentralisation

There will potentially be a hypothetical in the QP, that tests your understanding of the law and
interlinks fields together (e.g. federalism and executive etc).
Word limits will be specified. Write legibly.