Judicialization of Politics in Pakistan - A Comparative Study of Judicial Restraint Its Development in India,

This book analyses the Pakistani judiciary through the important lens of comparative politics. It uses the counter-examples of India and the United States in order to present a justiciability standard and procedure for the Supreme Court of Pakistan to adopt.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Colonial justice 3. The origins of Judicial Review4. Structural and constitutional differences 5. Modern justiciability standards and procedures 6. Executive disqualification and judicial review 7. A proposed soloution: Justiciability council and four-element justiciability test.

About the author

Waris Husain is a comparative constitutional law expert with a focus on South Asia, having written on legal developments in Pakistan, India, and Nepal. He teaches international legal advocacy and advises the international moot court program at the Howard University School of Law.

Summary

This book analyses the Pakistani judiciary through the important lens of comparative politics. It uses the counter-examples of India and the United States in order to present a justiciability standard and procedure for the Supreme Court of Pakistan to adopt.

Product details

• Authors: Waris Husain
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780367591779
• ISBN: 978-0-367-59177-9
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; USA, Pakistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, International Law, India, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, comparative law, Political structure and processes, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general