Week 2-3 Fundanmental Rights

The nature and backgroud of the democratic freedoms as enunciated in the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 is the focus of the dicussion in Week-2. The constitutional framework for the guarantees of the  individual rights and the limitations for such freedoms come under the scope of Article 8, and its impact on articulation of scope and meaning of each fundamental rights is paramount. The democratice notions of security of person, right to fair trial, dignity of man, and freedom of movement entail further insightful threads for discussion on how the superior law of the land protects the citizens rights as well as its capacity to link the democratice ideals  to the real norms of equilibrium in the society where the Constitution introduces state's authority to limit the individual rights for the social harmony and peace. The discussion on the modern forms of slavery and how these instances can be interpreted within the scope of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 are also part of this week's lesson.

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