2 The Constitution of Nepal (2072) — the System's Charter

1. Preamble: the people's sovereignty-and-the constituent assembly's authorship; the historic movements' memory; the commitments (equality, inclusion, federalism, secularism, socialism- oriented economy, human rights); the preamble's interpretive role (the courts' purposive readings — ConLaw-II's Unit 6);2. Fundamental rights: the Part-3 architecture (Articles 16–46 — the thirty-one rights; the remedies: Articles 46, 133, 144 — ConLaw-II's Unit 2 full treatment, this semester);3. State policies and directives: Part 4 (Articles 49–60) — the welfare-state program; the non- justiciability-and-the interpretive role (ConLaw-II's Unit 3);4. Federalism and separation of powers: the three tiers (Article 56; the schedules' division — Articles 57–58); the cooperative-coexistence-coordination principle (Article 232); the separation (the executive-legislative-judicial chapters: Articles 74–82, 83–114, 126–156 — ConLaw-II's Units 4–6); the checks-and-balances' Nepali design (the confidence machinery; the impeachment; the judicial review);5. The law-making process at all levels: - Federal: the bill's route (Article 110–111: the finance bills' HoR-only home; the NA's windows; the joint-sitting deadlock rule); the certification (Article 113: the President's 15-day-and-one-return); the ordinance (Article 114: the recess- law's six-month life); - Provincial: the assembly's legislative procedure (the Sch-6-and-7 subjects; the provincial assent machinery; the financial-bill mirrors); - Local: the village-and- municipal assemblies' law-making (Article 221: the Sch-8-and-9 subjects; the drafting procedure per provincial law — Article 226); - The hierarchy: the voidness rules (the inconsistent provincial-and-local laws void — Article 57; the FR-restraint…