Seeking supremacy : the pursuit of judicial power in Pakistan / Yasser Kureshi, University of Oxford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kureshi, Yasser, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society.

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political questions and judicial power--Pakistan--History.

Political questions and judicial power.

Judges--Political activity--Pakistan--History.

Judges.

Civil-military relations--Pakistan--History.

Civil-military relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

The emergence of the judiciary as an assertive and confrontational center of power has been the most consequential new feature of Pakistan's political system. This book maps out the evolution of the relationship between the judiciary and military in Pakistan, explaining why Pakistan's high courts shifted from loyal deference to the military to open competition, and confrontation, with military and civilian institutions. Yasser Kureshi demonstrates that a shift in the audiences shaping judicial preferences explains the emergence of the judiciary as an assertive power center. As the judiciary gradually embraced less deferential institutional preferences, a shift in judicial preferences took place and the judiciary sought to play a more expansive and authoritative political role. Using this audience-based approach, Kureshi roots the judiciary in its political, social and institutional context, and develops a generalizable framework that can explain variation and change in judicial-military relations around the world.

Contents:

Introduction

Judiciary, rule of law and the military

The Loyal Court (1947-1977)

The Controlled Court (1977-1999: Part 1)

Between the barracks and the bar (1977-1999: Part 2)

The Confrontational Court (1999-2017)

Epilogue : a judiciary fragmenting?

Conclusion and comparative perspectives.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Sep 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-009-03587-8

1-009-03607-6

1-009-02551-1