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An Introduction to Pakistan's Legal System

Ali Mohsin Qazilbash


INDUSTRY :

AREA : Corporate Law

ORGANIZATION : Pakistan Judiciary

LENGTH : 24

LUMS No : 11-0009-2014-2

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2014

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KEYWORDS:

Pakistan,Legal System,Evolution,Constitution,Courts,Legislations


DESCRIPTION:

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.


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SUBJECTS COVERED:

Law