This Book presents a brief history of past constitutions in Nepal from the perspective of constitution making, and a more detailed examination of the substance of the 1990 Constitution. It identifies some of the proposals and controversies surrounding political reform and references the relevant experience of other countries.
The Book should prove useful to members of the current Constituent Assembly, who has been tasked to draft a new Constitution of Nepal, and of civil society as well as constitutional lawyers, the media and those debating the vision that the new constitution should encapsulate and fulfil.
Editors: Yash Ghai and Jill Cottrell Contributors: Bipin Adhikari, Lok Raj Baral, Surendra Bhandari, Jill Cottrell, Yash Ghai, Krishna Hachhethu, Krishna Khanal, Dhruba Kumar, Sapana Malla, Kumar Regmi, Geeta Pathak Sangroula, Yubaraj Sangroula, Pitamber Sharma, Tek Tamrakar and Mihir Thakur
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Form and Purposes of a Constitution
Chapter 2: History of Constitutions and Constitution Making in Nepal
Chapter 3: The 1990 Constitution and Its Collapse
Chapter 4: The Making of the New Constitution: The Interim Constitution's Road Map
Chapter 5: Fundamental Constitutional Principles
Chapter 6: Human Rights as the Framework for Freedom, Diversity, and Social Justice
Chapter 7: Diversity, Rights, and Unity
Chapter 8: Women and the Constitution
Chapter 9: Liberty, Freedom, and Participation
Chapter 10: Human Rights and Social Justice
Chapter 11: Elections and the Electoral System
Chapter 12: Political Parties
Chapter 13: Systems of Government
Chapter 14: Federalism, Devolution, Local Government
Chapter 15: The National Executive
Chapter 16: The National Legislature
Chapter 17: The Judiciary
Chapter 18: National Security and Democracy
Chapter 19: Maintaining the Role of the Constitution
