P Chidambaram writes: Prepare to deal with dealmaker

The first Charter of Rights is believed to be the Magna Carta agreed by the King of England in 1215. The first Parliament in the world is believed to be the 'Althing' in Iceland established in 1262. The first bicameral legislature can be traced to 1341 in Britain. The first written Constitution of a country was of the Republic of San Marino in 1600. The doctrine of separation of powers is attributed to the 'Spirit of Laws' published in 1748 by Montesquieu, a French philosopher. The judicial power of a country was first vested in a Supreme Court in the…