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Class – XI

Political Science (Indian Constitution At Work)

Chapter-1 (Constitution Why and How)

Topic- Authority of A Constitution-2

Short Notes:

1- The principle of deliberation:

 The authority of the constitution does not come only from the

representation it also requires the procedures adopted to frame

the constitution and the values its members brought to their
deliberations.

 Any assembly that claims to be representative, it is desirable that

diverse section of the society should participate, it is equally

important that they should participate with the interest of thye

whole nation in mind.
 All most all the issues that lies at the foundation of the modern

state was discussed with great sophistication. Only one provision

of the constitution was passed without any debate was the

universal adult suffrage.

 The Constitution drew its authority from the fact that members of

the Constituent Assembly engage in what one might call public

reason.
 The members of the Assembly placed a great emphasis on

discussion and reasoned arguments.

 The voluminous debates in the Constituent Assembly, where each

clause of the Constitution was subjected to scrutiny and debate, is

attribute to public reason at its best.