constitutional liberal
Hriday Nath Kunzru
How Hriday Nath Kunzru is discussed in this archive
Subject of 1 profile piece — including Hriday Nath Kunzru – The Liberal Institution Builder .
Referenced in 1 other work — including STATE MONOPOLIES AND THE CITIZEN IN A DEMOCRACY .
In STATE MONOPOLIES AND THE CITIZEN IN A DEMOCRACY : Kunzru is quoted at length for his parliamentary argument against the constitutional amendment enabling state monopolies, providing the intellectual core of the essay's critique of state-monopoly overreach.
About Hriday Nath Kunzru (1)
Profile pieces (1)
- Hriday Nath Kunzru – The Liberal Institution Builder
- "if the public cannot support the institution, I would prefer it to be closed down, rather than go to the government for help!" — captures his core liberal conviction that civil society institutions must remain independent of state funding
- "Kunzru argued that the best government was the one that governed the least" — his foundational liberal political principle of minimal government in favour of citizen freedom
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Excerpts (1)
- STATE MONOPOLIES AND THE CITIZEN IN A DEMOCRACY
- "One was Pandit Hridayanath Kunzru. Pandit Kunzru argued that contrary to the Law Minister's view that the Allahabad judgment necessitated the amendment to Article 19(6), there was no need for such an amendment at all on this particular ground." — Kunzru introduced as the parliamentary voice who challenged the constitutional case for state monopoly powers
- "Pandit Kunzru went on to refer to the more serious implications of the amendment" — Kunzru's argument extended beyond the immediate legal point to broader constitutional implications