The growth in administrative law has to a large extent mirrored the increase in the level of state involvement in many aspects of every day life during the twentieth century, generating the need for a coherent and effective body of rules to govern relations between individuals and the state. Students of constitutional law will readily recognize that administrative law is in reality an out growth of the doctrine of the separation of powers. It is evidence of the judiciary acting as a check on the powers of the executive, and perhaps even the legislature, in some respects. It should not be assumed, however, that any such coherent and effective body of rules actually exists yet. Administrative law is a constantly evolving subject.

In view of the above consideration in mind about the administration in mind about the administrative law, that a comprehensive encycloaedia has been prepared which focuses on the comparative dimensions of administrative law.

Constitutional law provides for us to act collectively by coordinating the interests of many individuals for example by voting processes or judicial orders. It also tries to protect individuals against abuses by those to whom power is entrusted, it being a sad feature of human nature that those who seek power may be unsuited to exercise it. The political system of which the constitution is merely a skeleton can of course be any thing that the dominant groups in the society manage to impose on the people by appeals to morality or vested interests or by means of coercion charismatic leadership or salience upon apathy. The present encyclopaedia provides a comparative view of the actual functioning of the constitutions of the United States of America, Britain, Canada and India and briefly touches on other constitutions of the world.

The Encyclopaedia is the first of its kind which has been published in India and may provide material which can be used by other developing countries. Most of the developing countries are still in the experimental stage in regard to constitution making and their actual functioning.

Islam is a complete and final faith. It's not merely an ideology or philosophy, but it is a perfect code of conduct, which commands all aspects of human life in this world and leads to the next world too. Islam, not only teachers its followers, how to lead a successful life, but, it also controls them. Islamic political system is distinct from other systems and its social philosophy is also different from all worldly ideologies.

This book-comprehensive and exhaustive in itself-covers three major aspects-faith, law and polity and polity, in turn, includes governance and diplomacy. The foundation, protection, governance and development of a state and building of nation, all have been discussed in detail. And it has all been discussed in the light of Islamic philosophy, ideology, logic, law and jurisprudence. Hence, the first part is devoted to faith only. In Islam, faith is the foundation of all the institutions. Hopefully, this work will satisfy the scholarly urge of all those, who may prefer to read this book and would also prove to be a ready reference for all researchers, working on the related subjects.

Encyclopaedia of Human Rights covers the vast field of human rights at all levels, i.e. national, regional and international. It provides the readers with understanding of the vast expanse of the subject on one hand and on the other hand all important texts associated with human rights. No doubt, since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948, human rights as a subject area has received an unprecedented level of global attention and support. Women, Children, Disabled Persons, Minorities, Indigenous Peoples, Refugees, Migrant Workers and other vulnerable groups of contemporary societies now possess rights that protect them from discriminatory practices Rights have been extended through group breaking United Nations General Assembly decisions that have gradually established their university, indivisibility and interrelatedness with development and democratization.

Organised in 22 chapters namely Human rights instruments, Human rights backgrounder and treaty regime, International bill of human rights, Vienna declaration and programme of action, UN human rights initiatives, Social development agenda and human rights, Human rights education, Advisory services and technical cooperation in human rights, Regional human rights initiatives, Human rights activism, Human rights on Internet, Human rights cases etc. followed by Bibliography, Glossary, and abbreviations.

This encyclopaedia provides the readers with best possible interface of international, regional and national laws on human rights for the first time. The Indian human rights laws could be seen and understood in the international and regional context and vice-versa and exposes the reader to the latest in the field.