Technical Note
AN INTRODUCTION TO PAKISTAN’S LEGAL SYSTEM
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AREA :LAW
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LENGTH :24
LUMS No :10-009-2014-2
PUBLICATION YEAR : 2014
ABSTRACT:
This note has been developed for the training of parliamentarians under USAID-ASP Programme. It will help them understand the Pakistani legal system. It starts off by giving highlights from the pre-partition period and goes on to explain the current legal system in Pakistan - the superior and the subordinate judiciary. The major teaching objectives are as follows: - To explain the legal system of Pakistan with regard to the judicial hierarchy-explaining the apex court in the beginning and the lower courts later (the concepts of superior and subordinate judiciary). - To guide the parliamentarians through the powers and jurisdictions assigned to the courts by the Constitution of Pakistan. - To highlight and discuss the issues regarding the power of the judiciary to amend the Constitution of Pakistan 1973.