Basic Polity Class 01
Parliamentary System
§ Indian Parliamentary System
§ Features
§ U K Parliamentary System
§ Features
§ Comparison between Indian and UK Parliamentary System
Forms of Polity
§ Federal Polity
§ Features
§ Major requirements to maintain Federal Spirits
§ Unitary Polity
§ Features
§ Comparison between Federal and Unitary Polity
Parliamentary Sovereignty VS Judicial Supremacy
§ Basic Features with examples covering various countries
Nature of Indian Federal System
§ Quasi-Federal VS Federal sui-generis debate
Features of Indian Federalism
§ Distribution of Powers
§ Supremacy of the Constitution
§ Written Constitution
§ Rigidity of the Constitution
§ Independent Judiciary
Distinctive Features of Indian Federalism
§ How it differs from American Federalism
§ Single Constitution for Union and States ( except J &K)
§ Single Citizenship
§ Single Flag
§ Integrated Judiciary
Deviant Features
§ How Indian Constitution is also Unitary
§ National Emergency (Article 352)
§ Power to change the name, area and boundary of a State by Parliament (Article 3)
Topic for the next class - to be contd.
