Nanjing Massacre, 73
national assemblies, 40 – 1 , 77 – 9 , 194 – 7 , 199 – 201 ,
204 – 10 , 215 – 17 , 233 – 4
national consensus, 145 , 387
national defense, 64 , 89 , 103 , 110 , 130 , 151 , 217
national economy, 79 , 109 , 203 , 312
national harmony, 255 , 266
national identity, 53 , 203 , 369 , 388
National Intelligence Service (NIS), 95 – 6
National League for DemocracyseeNLD.
National People’s CongressseeNPC.
National Police Reserve (NPR), 58
national security, 64 – 5 , 77 , 148 , 164 , 178 – 84 ,
259
national unity, 333 , 346 , 371 , 384 , 388
National Unity Party (NUP), 222 , 228
natural justice, 286
NCMPs (non-constituency MPs), 278 , 294
Nepal, 367 – 90
1990 constitution, 370 – 3
2007 interim constitution, 374 – 8
amendment, 384 – 5
abolition of monarchy, 377
coming into force of new constitution, 384
Communist Party, 30 , 373
constituent assemblies, 373 – 4 , 376 – 85 ,
387 – 9
drafting of new constitution, 379
Gyanendra, King, 368
high-level commission on restructuring, 379
House of Representatives, 375 – 6 , 388
human rights, 376 , 379 , 382 , 409
ICDC (Interim Constitution Drafting
Committee), 375 – 6
interim arrangements, 374
legislature, 378
Mahendra, King, 29
making of new Constitution, 374 – 85
Maoists, 30 , 367 – 9 , 371 – 9 , 382 – 4 , 386 – 9
public consultation and participation, 380 – 1
Seven Party Alliance (SPA), 373 , 389
Supreme Court, 375 , 383
Tarai, 374 , 380
New Territories, 182 – 4
Newars, 367 – 9
Nguyen Tuong Van case, 286 – 7
NLD (National League for Democracy), 24 , 222 ,
228 – 9
NMPs (nominated members of parliament),
277 – 8 , 294
non-constituency MPsseeNCMPs.
non-discriminationsee alsodiscrimination, 183 ,
332
normative constitutions, 9 – 11 , 14
North Korea, 18 – 19 , 30 , 34 , 78 , 101 – 17 , 232
1948 constitution, 103 – 6
1972 constitution, 106 – 7
1992 amendment for power succession,
108 – 10
1998 constitution, 110 – 13
2009 constitution, 113 – 15
2012 constitution, 115 – 16
chief justice, 104
constitutional change, 101 – 17
human rights, 115
and Japan, 18 , 75
Jucheideology, 18 , 102 – 3 , 106 , 108
Kim Il-sung, 102 , 105 – 10 , 115
Kim Jong-il, 102 , 108 – 11 , 113 – 15
Kim Jong-un, 113 – 17
KWP (Korea Workers’ Party), 37 , 102 , 104 – 6 , 111 ,
115
military-first politics, 18 , 111 , 114
Party Representatives Congress, 115
power succession, 101 – 2 , 108 – 10 , 113 – 16
presidency, 107 – 11
Rajin-Sonbong Free Economic Trade Zone,
109
role of law, 102 – 3
SPA (Supreme People’s Assembly), 103 – 5 , 107 ,
111 , 114 – 15
Supreme Court, 104
supreme leaders, 113 , 116 – 17
NPC (National People’s Congress), 119 , 122 – 5 ,
131 – 3 , 136 – 7 , 171
NPCSCseeStanding Committee of the NPC.
NPR (National Police Reserve), 58
NUP (National Unity Party), 222 , 228oaths, 89 , 229 , 296 , 312 , 315 – 16
OBCs (other backward classes), 353 – 5
obligations, 86 , 93 , 185 , 326 , 331 – 2 , 368
statutory, 80 , 92
observers, 56 , 101 , 116 , 224 , 349
foreign, 199 , 328
Oceania, 42 , 45 , 48 , 411
official languages, 356 , 370 – 1
official religions, 221 , 262 – 3 , 339 – 40 , 370
ombudsmen, 147 , 240 , 305 , 314 , 318 , 360 , 396
one country, two systems, 4 , 22 , 133 – 4 , 140 , 169 ,
174 , 191 – 3
one-man rule, 18 , 299 , 314
one-party rule, 20 , 23 – 4
one-party states, 3 , 9 , 222
open government, 128 , 162
open-door policy, 109 , 117
openness, 18 , 126 – 7 , 140
opposition, 25 – 6 , 79 , 99 , 101 , 152 , 178 , 229