Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan

Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan
Author: Hamid Khan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 902
Release: 2020-04-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780199407828

It has been seven decades since the independent state of Pakistan was carved out of British India, yet the country is still in pursuit of a suitable constitutional framework. Over this period of time, no other country has experimented with so many different constitutional forms, from parliamentary democracy to presidential form of government, to outright military regimes. This book analyses constitutional development in Pakistan from its inception to present times. It provides a case-by-case account of constitution-making in Pakistan, with the inclusion of all pertinent documentation. Constitutional developments have been explained in the context of social and political events that shaped them. The book focuses on constitutional and political history, and constitutional development concurrently. It includes a liberal humanitarian reading of the travails of lawmakers and the role of generals, judges, politicians, and bureaucrats in the implementation of law. Students of law, political science, and history, as well as lawyers, judges, and professors will find this book of particular value. Being grounded in a socio-political context, this book is also of interest to the general reader. The third edition is updated to cover the constitutional and political developments up until 2013.

Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism
Author: Charles Howard McIlwain
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2005
Genre: Constitutional history
ISBN: 1584775505

Examines of the rise of constitutionalism from the "democratic strands" in the works of Aristotle and Cicero through the transitional moment between the medieval and the modern eras.

From Vienna to Chicago and Back

From Vienna to Chicago and Back
Author: Gerald Stourzh
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2010-02-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226776387

Spanning both the history of the modern West and his own five-decade journey as a historian, Gerald Stourzh’s sweeping new essay collection covers the same breadth of topics that has characterized his career—from Benjamin Franklin to Gustav Mahler, from Alexis de Tocqueville to Charles Beard, from the notion of constitution in seventeenth-century England to the concept of neutrality in twentieth-century Austria. This storied career brought him in the 1950s from the University of Vienna to the University of Chicago—of which he draws a brilliant picture—and later took him to Berlin and eventually back to Austria. One of the few prominent scholars equally at home with U.S. history and the history of central Europe, Stourzh has informed these geographically diverse experiences and subjects with the overarching themes of his scholarly achievement: the comparative study of liberal constitutionalism and the struggle for equal rights at the core of Western notions of free government. Composed between 1953 and 2005 and including a new autobiographical essay written especially for this volume, From Vienna to Chicago and Back will delight Stourzh fans, attract new admirers, and make an important contribution to transatlantic history.

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: S. Steinberg
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1595
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230270816

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

The Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations
Author: W. David McIntyre
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 627
Release: 1977
Genre:
ISBN: 1452907803

The author, a professor of history at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, presents a comprehensive survey of Commonwealth history from the time of soul-searching about the future of the British Empire, which marked the middle years of Queen Victoria’s reign, to the year when Britain decided to enter the European Community. The account is divided in three periods - 1869 to 1917, 1917 to 1941, and 1942 to 1971. Within each period a four-fold thematic divisions is followed: Dominions, Indian Empire, crown colonies, and protectorates.

Courts, Politics and Constitutional Law

Courts, Politics and Constitutional Law
Author: Martin Belov
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2019-10-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1000707970

This book examines how the judicialization of politics, and the politicization of courts, affect representative democracy, rule of law, and separation of powers. This volume critically assesses the phenomena of judicialization of politics and politicization of the judiciary. It explores the rising impact of courts on key constitutional principles, such as democracy and separation of powers, which is paralleled by increasing criticism of this influence from both liberal and illiberal perspectives. The book also addresses the challenges to rule of law as a principle, preconditioned on independent and powerful courts, which are triggered by both democratic backsliding and the mushrooming of populist constitutionalism and illiberal constitutional regimes. Presenting a wide range of case studies, the book will be a valuable resource for students and academics in constitutional law and political science seeking to understand the increasingly complex relationships between the judiciary, executive and legislature.

The British West Indies

The British West Indies
Author: Morley Ayearst
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2023-05-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000855767

The British West Indies (1960) examines the islands and two mainland colonies of the West Indies as they approached self-government. They exemplified in miniature almost all of the problems of emergent self-government in a colonial milieu with a multi-racial population. This study looks at West Indian politics and colonial government, as well as the issue of West Indian migration and its causes.

Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950

Post-War Borneo, 1945-1950
Author: Ooi Keat Gin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-05-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134058039

This book examines Borneo, both British Borneo – Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo – and Dutch Borneo in the period 1945-1950. Borneo then was at the crossroads. Following the Japanese Occupation, the likely future status of the various Bornean territories was not at all clear, and the book discusses the various factions and powers, both local and international, who were contending for control in this period. It examines the effects of the Japanese surrender, the impact of the subsequent interregnum and Australian and British military administrations, the reassertion of Dutch control, the struggle for Indonesian independence, and movements for local autonomy, reassertion of ethnic rights, interests and identity. It charts developments throughout this volatile and uncertain period, up to the point at which the newly independent Republic of Indonesia emerged and a more settled period began.