2 Amicus Curiae

The friend of the court: the non-party's assistance — the expert's-or-advocate's brief on the law-and-policy the parties missed; the Nepali practice (the constitutional-and-PIL cases' amicus invitations: the Court's requests to the senior advocates-and-experts in the landmark hearings; the Bar's-and-academia's participation); the function: the Court's illumination (the public-interest cases' quality control); the discipline (the neutrality, the disclosure, the Court's discretion to invite- or-hear).