Emergency powers and the courts in India and Pakistan / / Imtiaz Omar.
The fundamental premise of this study is that where Constitutions, such as that of India and Pakistan, articulate legal norms which limit the scope of the executive power to derogate from individual rights during states of emergency, there must likewise exist an effective control mechanism to ensure...
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| Superior document: | Nijhoff law specials ; 53 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | The Hague, The Netherlands ;, London ;, New York : : Kluwer Law International,, [2002] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nijhoff law specials ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface. Introduction. I. Emergency and Constitutionalism. II. Constitutional Emergency Powers of the Executive. III. Extra-Constitutional Emergency Powers: Martial Law. IV. Emergency, Fundamental Rights and the Courts. V. Jurisprudence of the Indian Supreme Court during the 1962-1969 Emergency. VI. Jurisprudence of the Indian Supreme Court during the 1971-1977 Emergency. VII. Jurisprudence of the Pakistan Supreme Court during Emergency. VIII. Emergency, Constitutionalism and the Political Function of the Courts. Appendix A: The Constitution of India. Appendix B: Constitution of the Republic of Pakistan 1962. Appendix C: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973. Table of Cases. Table of Legislation. Bibliography. Index.