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Why Democracy’s Case Against the Basic Structure Doctrine is Weak in Pakistan – Part II I have argued earlier (in Part I of this comment) that […]

Proposed Amendments To The 19th Amendment Of Pakistan Introduction Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms Chairman Senator Raza Rabbani presented a report with the draft of the […]

 Basic structure Theory – Part I Abstract: There is no such academic theory of Basic Structure in the constitutional jurisprudence of Pakistan, unlike India. Supreme Court […]

Magna Carta Starts Worldwide Tour That Will Take It To US and China An original copy of the document has been taken to Luxembourg to be […]

Three Law Firms Seek Fees From American Apparel Clothing manufacturer American Apparel owes almost US$6m to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom ($3.8m), White & Case […]

Australian Customers Join Class Action Against Volkswagen (VW) Maurice Blackburn, a law firm, is getting ready to launch a class action lawsuit against VW after it […]

California Governor Signs Digital Privacy Bill Into Law California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Electronic Communications Act (CECA), a law that many see as an […]

A Balancing Act The US has a shoddy reputation regarding the treatment of civilians at the hands of its military overseas. While US military actions in […]

California Approves Animal Anti-Biotic Use Law:  Strictest Law in US The Governor of California enacted a new chapter of the California Food and Agricultural Code to intensify the regulation […]

Top Court in Australia Rules Cancer Gene Is Not a ‘Patentable Invention’ The High Court of Australia ruled that the genetic material, BRCA1, is not a patentable invention […]

Governor in California Signs Bill To Increase Energy Efficiency California Jerry Brown signed the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015, which lays out plans […]

Death Penalty for Mumtaz Qadri Maintained The Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the death sentence for Mumtaz Qadri the killer of former Governor Punjab Salman […]

Free Online Course: Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World – University of Copenhagen Learn what motivates the restive Muslim youth from Tunis to Tehran, what political positions […]

English–Urdu Legal Terms – R Note from the author: “As an erstwhile burger vakeel (lawyer), eager to join the lively katchery (district courts) scene, I can relate to the frustration […]

PILDAT Legislative Brief on the Right To Information Bill 2014 This brief has been originally published by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency (PILDAT) […]

  A contempt of court plea was filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for addressing United Nations General Assembly in […]