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This is one of the leading US Supreme Court decisions this year. The question in this case was - does the First Amendment subject state restrictions on voting by elected officials to strict scrut…
"The UN mission had some significance for the peace process" Source: New Spotlight Newsmagazine Vol. : 05 No.-2 July 01-2011 (Ashar 17,2068)
Bolivia is one of the most beautiful countries in South America. Its history exemplifies how the land tends to concentrate in the extremes of natural and cultural beauty in one hand, and social a…
The distortions by Kathmandu’s major media outlets in reporting and analysing the Supreme Court’s (SC) May 25 decision will soon be costly to the constitution building process. The decision came …
(This is excerpt of welcome note delivered by Dr. Bipin Adhikari as Chairperson of Nepal Constitution Foundation in a Bill Review Programme on the Bill of Penal Offence (Determination of Sentence…
(The Kathmandu Post, June 19, 2011) (Experts also agree with the German model. This model asks the parties/leaders tabling a no-confidence motion in the parliament to present alternative candidat…
May 29, 2011 नेपालको अन्तरिम संविधान, २०६३ लाई नवौंपटक संशोधन गर्नका लागि एउटा सरकारी विधेयक संविधानसभाको सचिवालयमा दर्ता गरिएको छ । आठौं संशोधनजस्तै नवौं संशोधनको उद्देश्य पनि संविधानको संशोधित …
Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008), was a writ of habeas corpus submission made in a civilian court of the United States on behalf of Lakhdar Boumediene, a naturalized citizen of Bosnia and …
(This is excerpt of opening remarks given by Dr Bipin Adhikari as Chairperson of Nepal Constitution Foundation at the bill review programme on the Bill of Caste Based Discrimination and Untouchab…
"The extended mandate for Nepal’s Constituent Assembly ends on 28 May". On 31 March, a team of lawyers from the Nepal Constitution Foundation had a meeting with Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the chairman o…
(This is excerpt of opening remarks to be given by Dr Bipin Adhikari as Chairperson of Nepal Constitution Foundation at a bill review programme on the Bill of Mediation Act to be organized in May…
२०६८ जेठ १४ आउन करिब एक महिना मात्र बाँकी छ । यो मितिसम्ममा संविधान जारी भइसक्नुपर्ने अन्तरिम संविधानको व्यवस्था हो । समयले छोपिसक्दा पनि नयाँ संविधान निर्माण गर्न ३ वर्षअघि निर्वाचन गरिएको संविध…