Select Constitutions Of The World (Including International Charters)

This book provides the reader with the text of the important Constitutions of the world with all amend­ments up-to-date, viz, the USA, the USSR, Switzer­land, Eire, Japan, the Fifth French Republic, China, Canada, Australia and Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Afghanistan—Constitu­tion 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—Constitu­tion of Kingdom of Nepal, 1990; Pakistan—Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973; South Africa—Constitution of South Africa, 1997, together with the Constitution­al Landmarks of the United Kingdom which has no formal written Constitution. These landmarks include the Magna Carta, the Pe­tition of Rights, the Bill of Rights, the Act of Settlement, the Parliament Acts, the Stat­ute of Westminster, the Crown Proceedings Act, the Tribunals and Inquiries Act. Another feature included in this edition is the repro­duction of the international documents relat­ing to Human Rights such as the Universal Declaration, the International Covenants on Social and Political Rights as well as the Eu­ropean Convention for the Protection of Hu­man Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

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