Constitutional Law

Topics (9)

• 1
  Constitutional Development of Pakistan
• 2
  Fundamental Rights
• 3
  Federalism
• 4
  Judicial Review
• 5
  Comparative Constitutional Law
• 6
  Definition and Scope of Constitutional Law

  Constitutional conventions, rule of law, due process; parliamentary and presidential systems; separation of powers; civil liberties.

• 7
  Principles of Constitutional Law (Comparative)

  Special reference to UK, USA, France, Russia, China, Pakistan, India and Turkey.

• 8
  Constitutional History of Pakistan

  Government of India Act 1935, Indian Independence Act 1947, Objectives Resolution, Constitutions of 1956, 1962 and 1973, LFOs, PCO, RCO and amendments.

• 9
  Legal Development — Landmark Cases

  Tamizuddin Khan, Dosso, Asma Jilani, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Haji Saifullah, Zafar Ali Shah, Sindh High Court Bar Association cases.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Constitutional Law syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Comparative Constitutional Law

   Hamid Khan & M.W. Rana

2. 2

   Constitution of Pakistan 1973

   Shabbar Raza Rizvi

3. 3

   Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution

   A.V. Dicey

4. 4

   Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law

   J.M. Smits

5. 5

   Constitutional & Political History of Pakistan

   Hamid Khan, Advocate

6. 6

   Human Rights in Constitutional Law

   S.R. Bansali

7. 7

   Constitutional Documents of Pakistan

   Safdar Mahmood

8. 8

   The Leading Cases in Constitutional Law

   A.G. Chaudhry