The Supreme Court of India

Abstract

legislature and the executive. Each walks a tightrope between rights as a transformative force capable of sheltering and assisting the weak, and rights as a preservative force deployed in defense of the status quo. The editors have selected the Supreme Court of India to inaugurate the series. The Supreme Court of India has generated more than a half-century of constitutional jurisprudence in the world’s most populous democracy. It has wielded considerable formal power, including the exceptional power to strike down constitutional amendments.3 It serves an immensely complex society with an unequaled array of difficult problems and conflicts. We presently intend the next profile to focus on the Constitutional Court of South Africa. The editors will welcome readers’ comments on the project and on specific profiles. 476 CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROFILE