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This book gives the universally established principles of constitutional law. It analyses and discusses them in context to the judgments of the superior courts of the US, the UK, Pakistan and India as well the judgments rendered by the courts in Australia, Canada, and Germany.
List of contents
- Table of Cases
- Preface
- Part I
- INTRODUCTION
- 1: Definition and Scope of Constitutional Law
- 2: State and the Citizen
- Part II
- BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL CONCEPTS
- 3: Constitutional Conventions
- 4: The Rule of Law
- 5: Due Process of Law
- 6: Equality before Law and Equal Protection of Laws
- Part III
- CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES
- 7: Parliamentary Form of Government
- 8: Federalism
- 9: Separation of Powers
- 10: Presidential Form of Government
- Part IV
- JUDICIARY AS GUARDIAN OF CONSTITUTION
- 11: Independence of Judiciary
- 12: Judicial Power and the Doctrine of Judicial Review
- 13: Theories of Constitutional Interpretation
- 14: Precedents
- Part V
- FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
- 15: Right to Life and Liberty
- 16: Right to Property
- 17: Freedom of Conscience and Religion
- 18: Right to Privacy Including Searches and Seizures
- 19: Self-Incrimination
- 20: Double Jeopardy
- Part VI
- POLITICAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
- 21: Freedom of Speech and Press
- 22: Freedom of Association
- 23: Freedom of Assembly
- 24: Freedom of Movement
- 25: Right to Counsel
- Part VII
- EVOLVING CONSTITUTIONAL CONCEPTS
- 26: Doctrine of Necessity
- 27: Theory of Basic Structure of Constitution
- Index
About the author
Hamid Khan is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a founding partner of a leading law firm of Pakistan, Cornelius, Lane & Mufti.M. Waqar Rana is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former Additional Attorney General of Pakistan (2014–2018).
Summary
This book gives the universally established principles of constitutional law. It analyses and discusses them in context to the judgments of the superior courts of the US, the UK, Pakistan and India as well the judgments rendered by the courts in Australia, Canada, and Germany.
