{"id":1106,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/indian-constitution-is-a-lawyers-paradise-ivor-jennings-upsc-psir-2013-1701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:53","slug":"indian-constitution-is-a-lawyers-paradise-ivor-jennings-upsc-psir-2013-1701","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/indian-constitution-is-a-lawyers-paradise-ivor-jennings-upsc-psir-2013-1701\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Constitution is a \u2018Lawyers\u2019 Paradise\u2019 \u2014 Ivor Jennings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jennings<\/b>\u2019s \u201clawyer\u2019s paradise\u201d = a real feature of the text <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> length, legalism, complexity <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> read as a flaw<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> label true of the <i>form<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but the detail was a design choice, not a defect<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>why <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jennings<\/b> said it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unusually long + detailed + technical legal language + administrative provisions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> many framers were lawyers <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Maheshwari<\/b> himself concedes <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> detail invites litigation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> distances the ordinary citizen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>detail was a deliberate safeguard <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> diversity + untested democracy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> precision to prevent arbitrariness and misuse <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Ambedkar<\/b>: the text can be perverted, so protections had to be spelt out<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> description fits the form, not its purpose<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> detailed text has held for decades <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> gave India a stable order<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[58],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1106","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-making-of-the-indian-constitution","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4700,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1106\/revisions\/4700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}