Chadha: The Story of an Epic Constitutional Struggle

by Barbara Hinkson Craig

In 1973 Jagdish Chadha found himself a man without a country, the victim of the decolonization of Kenya where, as a Kenyan of Indian descent, he was not allowed to return after having spent six years in the U.S. as a student. Barbara Hinkson Craig describes Chadha's effort to achieve legal residency in the U.S. and shows how it led to the Supreme Court decision to overrule the legislative veto, adjusting the balance of powers in the United States government.

272 pages, Paperback

First published November 26, 1987

Reviews

[Chantz Kouveras]

A thorough recounting of the people and circumstances which produced a landmark Supreme Court case, this book delves into a level of detail which is academically satisfying and yet hard to latch onto as a casual reader.

For those intrigued by the unique facts behind a case that reshaped American law-making, a cursory reading of the first chapter will suffice. Beyond that, the work is at times fetishistically obsessed with the prestige of law.

Worth reading for an appreciation of what goes into making SCOTUS jurisprudence; perhaps not worth it while studying the law anyways.

[Greg Akins]

Exhaustive.