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PAT I L L AW
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S U B J E C T: I N D I A N C O N S T I T U T I O N A L L AW
TOPIC: FEDERALISM
PRESENTED BY
VISHAL V. UDHAN
LLM 1ST YEAR
CRIMINOLOGY
OBJECTIVES
INTRODUCTION
DEFINITIONS
MERITS OF FDERAL GOVERNMENT
DEMERITS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM
THE EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
INTRODUCTION
The term federal is derived from the
Latin
word Foedus which means
treaty
or agrrement. In case the
federal
constitutions
there
is
a
agreement,
namely,
written
constitutions,
which
defines
and
determines the power of the two sets of
government, national and regional. A
federal
government
is
a
dual
government.
DEFINITION
Montesquieu:
According to him, A
constitution by which
several similar states
agree
to
become
members of a large one
is a federal government
E S S E N T I A L F E AT U R E S O F F E D E R A L
CONSTITUTION
CONT..
4.Rigid constitution: It is because the
federal constitutions should not be amended,
altered or even revoked by the national
government or the regional governments at
their sweet will.
DEMERITS OF THE
F E D E R A L G OV E R N M E N T
Federal government is treated as weak government as it
is based on division of powers between the Centre and the
states neither the Centre nor the state enjoys full power of
legislation and administration.
In federal government there is no uniformity of law as
well as administration.
Federal government does not change according to change
of time as the constitution is rigid and is difficult to amend.
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