Divide and Rule

 A country can certainly go for federalism if this is the decision of its Constituent Assembly. But, as a visiting British scholar pointed out recently, federalism is not inherently a superior form of democracy. It cannot guarantee democracy or good…

Forms of government

 Many opinions of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), one of the enlightened American constitution builders, are credited as being foundational to the roots of American values and character. At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Franklin was asked by a…

Picking their Brains

 Nepal is on the last leg of the timeframe of writing a new constitution. The unfinished work of the Constituent Assembly needs to be completed very soon. It is also a time for self-analysis and national introspection of what has…

Towards the New Constitution

 The days ahead, however, are not that rosy. The Constituent Assembly is still without any compromise scheme about the form of government that will suit this country. It is still without a workable scheme on how the concept of devolution…

Towards Effective and Realistic Rights Enforcement Mechanisms

INFORMAL, INSEC’s Quarterly Publication on Human Rights & Social Justice, (Vol 29, No. 1, January-March, 2010 at 10-13) (The concept paper and preliminary draft submitted by the Constituent Assembly (CA) Committee on Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles, no matter how…

नयाँ संविधान र ब्रुटस प्रवृत्ति

 ”संविधानसभाको समयसीमा साँघुरिदै जाँदा तोकिएको अवधिमा मुलुकले प्रजातान्त्रिक संविधानप्राप्त गर्न सक्नेछ या छैन भन्ने विषयलाई लिएर यतिबेला विभिन्न शंका/उपशंका गरिँदैछ । संविधानसभाको कार्यप्रगति, यसको स्तर, त्यहाँ भएको राजनीतिक मूल्य र मान्यताका बहसहरू तथा विभिन्न दलहरूको संविधान निर्माणप्रतिको निष्ठा हेर्दा धेरैलाई…

Restructuring Nepal’s judiciary

 One of the major issues before the Constituent Assembly of Nepal is deciding on the mechanics of devolving judicial power to the far-flung villages in the new state structure. The Constituent Assembly (CA), a body of 601 members formed in…

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