DD Basus Select Constitutions Of The World (Including International Charters)

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This book provides the reader with the text of the important Constitutions of the world with all amend??ments up-to-date, viz, the USA, the USSR, Switzer??land, Eire, Japan, the Fifth French Republic, China, Canada, Australia and Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Afghanistan???Constitu??tion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, 2004; Bangladesh???Constitution of People\'s Re-public of Bangladesh, 2004; Bhutan???Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan,2005; Bosnia and Herzegovina???Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Nepal???Constitu??tion of Kingdom of Nepal, 1990; Pakistan???Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973; South Africa???Constitution of South Africa, 1997, together with the Constitution??al Landmarks of the United Kingdom which has no formal written Constitution. These landmarks include the Magna Carta, the Pe??tition of Rights, the Bill of Rights, the Act of Settlement, the Parliament Acts, the Stat??ute of Westminster, the Crown Proceedings Act, the Tribunals and Inquiries Act. Another feature included in this edition is the repro??duction of the international documents relat??ing to Human Rights such as the Universal Declaration, the International Covenants on Social and Political Rights as well as the Eu??ropean Convention for the Protection of Hu??man Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.Table of Contents Part I???Constitutional Landmarks of the United Kingdom 1??? Magna Carta (1215) DURGA DAS BASU???S SELECT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD CONTENTS PART I CONSTITUTIONAL LANDMARKS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM PAGE 1 MAGNA CARTA, 1215 8 2 PETITION OF RIGHT, 1628 9 3 HABEAS CORPUS ACT, 1679 10 4 BILL OF RIGHTS, 1689 16 5 THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT, 1700 19 6 ACT OF UNION, 1707 22 7 THE COLONIAL LAWS VALIDITY ACT, 1865 32 8 PARLIAMENT ACT, 1911 35 9 EMERGENCY POWERS ACT, 1920 38 10 THE STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER, 1931 40 11 EMERGENCY POWERS (DEFENCE) ACT, 1939 43 12 CROWN PROCEEDINGS ACT, 1947 46 PAGE 13 TRIBUNAL AND INQUIRIES ACT, 1958 55 14 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT, 1970 59 15 HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1998 64 PART II INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS 1 THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 1948 79 2 EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREE-DOMS, 1953 83 3 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SO-CIAL AND AGRICULTURAL RIGHTS, 1966 89 4 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND PO-LITICAL RIGHTS, 1966 94 PART III SELECT WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS 1 AFGHANISTAN???CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN, 2004 101 2 AUSTRALIA???CONSTITUTION OF AUSTRALIA COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 1900 131 3 BANGLADESH???CONSTITUTION OF PEOPLE???S RE-PUBLIC OF BANGLADESH, 2004 153 4 BHUTAN???CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF BHUTAN, 2005 213 5 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA???CONSTITUTION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 241 PAGE 6 CANADA???CANADA ACT, 1982 254 7 CANADA???CANADIAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT, 1960 267 8 CANADA???CONSTITUTION OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA, 1867 269 9 CHINA???THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE???S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1978 290 10 CHINA???THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE???S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1954 304 11 CHINA???THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE???S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1982 319 12 EIRE???CONSTITUTION OF EIRE, 1937 342 13 FRENCH???CONSTITUTION OF THE FRENCH RE-PUBLIC, 1958 368 14 GERMANY???BASIC LAW FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 382 15 JAPAN???CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN, 1946 426 16 NEPAL???CONSTITUTION OF KINGDOM OF NEPAL, 1990 437 17 PAKISTAN???CONSTITUTION OF ISLAMIC REPUB-LIC OF PAKISTAN, 1973 484 18 RUSSIAN FEDERATION???CONSTITUTION OF RU-SSIAN FEDERATION 595 19 SINGAPORE???CONSTITUTION OF SINGAPORE, 1963 623 20 SOUTH AFRICA???CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH AFRICA, 1997 704 21 SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS???CONSTITUTION OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, 1936 813 PAGE 22 SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS???CONSTITUTION OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, 1977 814 23 SRI LANKA???THE CONSTITUTION OF SRI LANKA (CEYLON), 1972 843 24 SWISS CONFEDERATION???FEDERAL CONSTI-TUTION OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, 1874 881 25 UNITED KINGDOM???CONSTITUTION OF UNITED KINGDOM, 1689 910 26 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA???CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1787 930 27 WEST GERMANY (FDR)???THE CONSTITUTION OF WEST GERMANY (FDR), 1949 945