Courting constitutionalism : the politics of public law and judicial review in Pakistan /

Over the last decade, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has emerged as a powerful and overtly political institution. While the strong form of judicial review adopted by the Supreme Court has fostered the perception of a sudden and ahistorical judicialisation of politics, the judiciary's prominent r...

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Päätekijä: Cheema, Moeen (Tekijä)
Aineistotyyppi: Licensed eBooks
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Sarja:Cambridge studies in constitutional law.
Linkit:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108913065
Sisällysluettelo:
  • Postcolonia legality : fragments of the rule of law and constitutionalism
  • Martial rule : military-bureaucratic authoritarianism and 'basic" constitutionalism
  • Elective dictatorship : socialist populism and the myth of a consensus constitution
  • Praetorian governmentality : Islamization of laws and the substantive constitutionalism
  • indirect praetorianism : 'Public interest litigation' and the first wave of jurdicial activism
  • Military-civil composite : 'military incorporated' and the 'lawyers' movement'
  • Coporatist governance : the 'Chaudhry Court' and 'judicial proactivism'
  • Conclusion : judicialization of politics in Pakistan.