{"product_id":"the-constitution-of-pakistan-a-contextual-analysis-9781849465861","title":"The Constitution of Pakistan: A Contextual","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume provides a contextual account of Pakistan’s constitutional laws and history.  It aims to describe the formal structure of government in reference to origins that are traced to the administrative centralisation and legal innovations of colonial rule.  It also situates the tide of Muslim nationalism that gave rise to the nation of Pakistan within a terrain of nascent constitutionalism and its associated promises of representation.    The post-colonial history of the Pakistani state is charted by reference to succeeding constitutions and the distribution of powers between the major branches of government that they augured.  Where conventional histories often suggest that constitutionalism in Pakistan is to be solely understood by reference to a cycle of abidance and rupture, and in the oscillation between military and civilian rule, this volume also accounts for the many points of continuity between regime types.  The contours of a broader constitutionalism come to light in the ways in which state power is wielded at different periods and in the range of contests – economic, political and cultural – through which some of this power is sought to be dispersed.  Chapters on Rights, Federalism and Islam detail the contextual features of some of these contests and the normative, legal parameters through which they are provisionally settled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. NASCENT STATEHOOD \u003c\/b\u003e I. Pre-Colonial India  II. Company Rule  III. Regional Expansion  IV. British Raj and Colonial Difference  V. Constitutional End-Games  VI. Partition  Further Reading  \u003cb\u003e2. STATE BUILDING AND CONSTITUTION MAKING \u003c\/b\u003e I. Centralisation of Power  II. Regionalism  III. Islam  IV. The 1956 Constitution  V. Ayub and the 1962 Constitution VI. Yahya\/Bangladesh  VII. The 1973 Constitution  Further Reading  \u003cb\u003e3. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT \u003c\/b\u003e I. Parliamentary Structure  II. Parties and Politicians  III. Electoral System  IV. Parliamentary Democracy\/Parties, Class, Etc  Further Reading  \u003cb\u003e4. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT \u003c\/b\u003e I. Exceptional Powers  II. A Militarised Executive  III. Courts as Referees—Article 58(2)(b), President v PM  IV. A Prime Ministerial Executive  V. Taming the Executive  VI. Presidential Ordinances  Further Reading  \u003cb\u003e5. THE JUDICIARY \u003c\/b\u003e I. History and Structure of the Post-Independence Judiciary  II. Military Loyalty  III. The 1990s Judiciary  IV. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and Extensive Review  V. The Lawyers’ Movement and Judicialisation of Politics  VI. Basic Structure  VII. Judicial Independence  Further Reading  \u003cb\u003e6. FEDERALISM \u003c\/b\u003e I. Political Structure of Federalism  II. Exceptions to the Federal Formula  III. Federal\/Provincial Powers  IV. Emergency  V. Ethnic Conflict and the Federal Formula  VI. Local Government  Further Reading  \u003cb\u003e7. RIGHTS: EQUALITY AND LIBERTY \u003c\/b\u003e I. Rights and Review until 1973  II. The Structure of Fundamental Rights in the 1973 Constitution  III. Gender Equality and Equality Law  IV. Preventive Detention  Further Reading  \u003cb\u003e8. ISLAM \u003c\/b\u003e I. Islam and State  II. Zia and Islamisation  III. Blasphemy  IV. Musharraf Reform and After  Further Reading  \u003cb\u003eCONCLUSION \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020740657495,"sku":"9781849465861","price":31.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781849465861.jpg?v=1750784256","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-constitution-of-pakistan-a-contextual-analysis-9781849465861","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}