Training Course: Constitutional Law
Objectives:
The objectives of the course include as follows:
 To give knowledge on different dynamics of constitutional law
 To update the court practices and trends on constitutional law
 To share the comparative perspectives of constitution and constitutional law
Session
Main Topics
Sub Topics
Constitution and
theoretical aspect of constitution and constitutionalism and
Session-1
constitutionalism:
their operational modalities
Constitutional interpretation
Session-2
various approaches to constitutional interpretation
Session-3
Session-4
Session-5
Session-6
Session-7
Session-8
Session-9
References
Judicial review, judicial activism
and PIL
The role of Supreme Court in
the constitutional order
Interim orders
The Impact of SC decisions,
compliance and implementation
Judicial independence
Legislative powers
Precedents
systems of judicial review
Supreme Court's roles in the maintenance of constitutional
order
the rules and practices of interim orders
Impact of the SC decisions, compliance and implementation
key ingredients of judicial independence
scope and limitations of legislature
impact of precedents in Nepali judicial systems
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