Legal Subversion in Pakistan: the Government’s War on the Islamabad High Court

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Legal Subversion in Pakistan: the Government’s War on the Islamabad High Court

Hassan ZAHEER

On January 31 2025, the legal landscape of Pakistan was jolted by a letter bearing the signatures of five justices of the capital territory’s High Court, including the senior judges Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. The letter was severely critical of the reported attempt by the government to import a judge from another high court and install them as the Chief Justice (CJ) of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).

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‘In Defence of Sentient Rights’ – A Response to More Equal than Others by Raffael Fasel

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‘In Defence of Sentient Rights’ – A Response to More Equal than Others by Raffael Fasel

Alasdair COCHRANE

More Equal than Others is a tremendous contribution to the literature on human and animal rights: it is lucid, clear and beautifully argued. It offers a genuinely new approach to the award of fundamental rights – the Species Membership Approach (SMA) – that is extremely compelling…

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After Courting Death: Taiwan’s (Rump) Constitutional Court Caught in the Political Crossfire

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After Courting Death: Taiwan’s (Rump) Constitutional Court Caught in the Political Crossfire

Ming-Sung KUO & Hui-Wen CHEN

As it stands, the Taiwan Constitutional Court (TCC) is a rump court with its future hanging in the air. After seven Justices – including the Chief Justice and his deputy – stepped down on 31 October 2024 at the end of their eight-year term, the TCC was left with a bare majority of its full membership of 15 Justices…

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