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
Summary
"Pakistan's legal and judicial histories are often written through the lens of constitutional law and read like speculative lines connecting the dots between notable cases and major crises. While these constitutional cases and crises are important, an exclusive focus on this domain of judicial action obscures the more significant and consistent developments that have taken place in the sphere of 'administrative' law. It is through the development of the judicial review of administrative action, even under military rule, that Pakistan's superior courts progressively carved an expansive institutional role for themselves"-- Provided by publisher
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