1. NASCENT STATEHOOD
I. Pre-Colonial India
II. Company Rule
III. Regional Expansion
IV. British Raj and Colonial Difference
V. Constitutional End-Games
VI. Partition
Further Reading
2. STATE BUILDING AND CONSTITUTION MAKING
I. Centralisation of Power
II. Regionalism
III. Islam
IV. The 1956 Constitution
V. Ayub and the 1962 Constitution
VI. Yahya/Bangladesh
VII. The 1973 Constitution
Further Reading
3. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
I. Parliamentary Structure
II. Parties and Politicians
III. Electoral System
IV. Parliamentary Democracy/Parties, Class, Etc
Further Reading
4. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT
I. Exceptional Powers
II. A Militarised Executive
III. Courts as Referees-Article 58(2)(b), President v PM
IV. A Prime Ministerial Executive
V. Taming the Executive
VI. Presidential Ordinances
Further Reading
5. THE JUDICIARY
I. History and Structure of the Post-Independence Judiciary
II. Military Loyalty
III. The 1990s Judiciary
IV. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and Extensive Review
V. The Lawyers' Movement and Judicialisation of Politics
VI. Basic Structure
VII. Judicial Independence
Further Reading
6. FEDERALISM
I. Political Structure of Federalism
II. Exceptions to the Federal Formula
III. Federal/Provincial Powers
IV. Emergency
V. Ethnic Conflict and the Federal Formula
VI. Local Government
Further Reading
7. RIGHTS: EQUALITY AND LIBERTY
I. Rights and Review until 1973
II. The Structure of Fundamental Rights in the 1973 Constitution
III. Gender Equality and Equality Law
IV. Preventive Detention
Further Reading
8. ISLAM
I. Islam and State
II. Zia and Islamisation
III. Blasphemy
IV. Musharraf Reform and After
Further Reading
CONCLUSION