Book contents
- Unstable ConstitutionalismLaw and Politics in South Asia
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Unstable Constitutionalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Forms and Sources of Instability
- 3 The Locus of Sovereign Authority in Nepal
- 4 Competing Nationhood and Constitutional Instability
- 5 Constitutionalism and Extra-Constitutionalism in Pakistan
- 6 The Judicialization of Politics in Pakistan
- 7 Elections in “Democratic” Bangladesh
- Part III Reactions and Responses to Instability
- Index
- References
4 - Competing Nationhood and Constitutional Instability
Representation, Regime, and Resistance in Nepal
from Part II - Forms and Sources of Instability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2015
Book contents
- Unstable ConstitutionalismLaw and Politics in South Asia
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Unstable Constitutionalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Forms and Sources of Instability
- 3 The Locus of Sovereign Authority in Nepal
- 4 Competing Nationhood and Constitutional Instability
- 5 Constitutionalism and Extra-Constitutionalism in Pakistan
- 6 The Judicialization of Politics in Pakistan
- 7 Elections in “Democratic” Bangladesh
- Part III Reactions and Responses to Instability
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Unstable ConstitutionalismLaw and Politics in South Asia, pp. 86 - 123Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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