1st Edition
The Judicialization of Politics in Pakistan A Comparative Study of Judicial Restraint and its Development in India, the US and Pakistan
By Waris Husain
Copyright 2018
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since 2007, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has emerged as a dominant force in Pakistani politics through its hyper-active use of judicial review, or the power to overrule Parliament’s laws and the Prime Minister’s acts. This hyper-activism was on display during the Supreme Court’s unilateral disqualification of Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani in 2012 under the leadership of Chief Justice... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Colonial justice 3. The origins of Judicial Review4. Structural and constitutional differences 5. Modern justiciability standards and procedures 6. Executive disqualification and judicial review 7. A proposed soloution: Justiciability council and four-element justiciability test.
Biography
Waris Husain is a comparative constitutional law expert with a focus on South Asia, having written on legal developments in Pakistan, India, and Nepal. He teaches international legal advocacy and advises the international moot court program at the Howard University School of Law.
