Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 1

Constitution-Making

Ngoc Son Bui, Mara Malagodi, Ngoc Son Bui, Mara Malagodi

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781509949694
• eBook ISBN: 9781509949700
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Comparative Law
• Index: Law

This is the first in a 4-volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in 19 Asian jurisdictions.

Volume 1 explores the process and contents in the making of a new constitution. The book provides answers to questions on the causes, processes, substance and implantation involved in making new constitutions such as;
- What are the political, social, and economic factors that drive the constitution-making?
- How are constitutions made, and who makes them?
- What are the substantive contents of constitution-making?
- What kinds of legislation are enacted to implement constitutions?
- How do courts enforce constitutions?

The book considers the impact of decolonisation, globalisation and social-political dynamics which have led to the enactment of numerous independent constitutions in Asia including Vietnam (2013), Nepal (2015) and Thailand (2017).

The jurisdictions covered include: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. An essential reference for those interested in Asian constitutional law.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Contributors
• Table of Cases
• Table of National Legislation
• Table of International Materials
• Introduction
• 1. Japan’s Post-War Constitution: ‘Imposed’ Constitution or Hybrid between Global and Local Stakeholders?
• 2. Founding and/or Refounding: South Korea’s 1948 Constitution
• 3. The Longest Process: Making the 1946 Constitution of the Republic of China
• 4. The Making of China’s 1982 Constitution
• 5. The Making of the Hong Kong Basic Law
• 6. North Korean Cultural Revolution: Reading Culture in the 1972 Constitution
• 7. The Making of the 1992 Mongolian Constitution
• 8. The Making of (Anti-)Colonial Constitution: The Indonesian 1945 Constitution
• 9. Constitution-Making and Autochthony: The Constitution of the Federation of Malaya 1957
• 10. ‘A Better Command of Our Own Separate Destiny’: Singapore’s 1965 Constitution and Stewarding the Transition to a New Constitutional Order
• 11. The Making of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
• 12. The Making of Cambodia’s 1993 Constitution
• 13. State-Owned Enterprises in Vietnam’s 2013 Constitution
• 14. Democratic Facade, a Military Heart, and the Flawed Nature of Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution
• 15. Thailand’s Competing Notions of Constituent Power: The Making of the 2017 Constitution in the Binary-Star Scenario
• 16. Justice as Equity and the Making of the Indian Constitution
• 17. Making and Unmaking the Constitution of Bangladesh
• 18. The Failure of Transformative Constitution-Making in Sri Lanka
• 19. Post-Conflict Constitution-Making in Nepal and the Limits of Constituent Assemblies
• Conclusion: Comparative Constitution-Making in Asia
• Index
• Copyright Page