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Political theory — no governing enactment

The theory half of this paper — the State and sovereignty, the social contract of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, separation of powers as it actually operates in the United States, the United Kingdom and India, and Dicey’s three limbs of the rule of law — is argued from the literature, with each thinker’s own claim stated before it is criticised.

The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.