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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.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Form and Purposes of a Constitution
2. History of Constitutions and Constitution Making in Nepal
3. The 1990 Constitution and Its Collapse
4. The Making of the New Constitution: The Interim Constitution's Road Map
5. Fundamental Constitutional Principles
6. Human Rights as the Framework for Freedom, Diversity, and Social Justice
7. Diversity, Rights, and Unity
8. Women and the Constitution
9. Liberty, Freedom, and Participation
10. Human Rights and Social Justice
11. Elections and the Electoral System
12. Political Parties
13. Systems of Government
14. Federalism, Devolution, Local Government
15. The National Executive
16. The National Legislature
17. The Judiciary
18. National Security and Democracy
19. Maintaining the Role of the Constitution
