Format:
1 Online-Ressource (512 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781509949762
Content:
This is the second in a 4-volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in Asian jurisdictions. Volume 2 looks at constitutional amendments and offers answers to questions about the formal rules for amending the constitution such as: - Who initiates an amendment proposal? - How is the amendment proposal adopted? - How are the amendments codified? and the neo-institutional questions regarding amendment practices such as: - Why is the constitution amended? - Who engages in the amendment process? - How does the amendment affect the political system and the society? Volume 2 covers 17 Asian jurisdictions including: Bangladesh, Cambodia, mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand
Note:
1. Introduction, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK) Part I: East Asia 2. Constitutional Amendment in Japan - 'Unfeasible' Amendments versus 'Unnoticed' Amendments, Akiko Ejima (Meiji University, Japan) 3. From Political Pact to People's Document: Constitutional Amendments in South Korea, Jeong-In Yun (Korea University) 4. Amendments of the Socialist Constitution of Kim Jong-un Regime in North Korea, Jeong Won Park (Kookmin University, South Korea) 5. Legal Regulations for Amendments to the Constitution of Mongolia and Practical Application, Gunbileg Boldbaatar (National University of Mongolia) 6. Constitutional Amendments in the People's Republic of China, Ryan Martínez Mitchell (Chinese University of Hong Kong) 7. Law and Politics of the Constitutional Amendments in Taiwan, Chien-Chih Lin (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) 8. Amending the Hong Kong Basic Law: Within and Outside the Rules, Pui-Yin Lo (University of Hong Kong) Part II: Southeast Asia 9. The Dynamics of Constitutional Amendment in Malaysia, Andrew Harding (National University of Singapore) 10. The Quest for 'More Perfect Forms of Government' in Singapore: Role of Constitutional Amendments in Institutional Design and the Management of Political Change, Eugene KB Tan (Singapore Management University) 11. Constitutional Amendment in Myanmar: Constitutional Change and the Trajectory of Political Transition, Jonathan Liljeblad (Australian National University) 12. Parrying Amendments: The Philippines' Multi-Tiered System of Constitutional Change, Bryan Dennis Gabito Tiojanco (University of Tokyo, Japan) and Paolo S Tamase (University of the Philippines) 13. Between Sacred and a Hard Place: Amendment Rules in Indonesia's 1945 Constitution, Abdurrachman Satrio (Universitas Trisakti, Indonesia) 14. Thailand's 2017 Constitution: Constitutional Amendment in the Binary-Star Scenario, Rawin Leelapatana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) 15. From Post-Conflict Coalitions to Regime Consolidation: Constitutional Amendments in Cambodia, Ben Lawrence (National University of Singapore) Part III: South Asia 16. The Struggle of Constitutional Amendments in India, Sarbani Sen (Jindal Global Law School, India) 17. Amendment Rules, Politics and Debates in Bangladesh, Jashim Ali Chowdhury (University of Hull, UK) 18. The Law and Politics of Constitutional Amendment in Sri Lanka, Mario Gomez (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka) Part IV: Theory and Comparison 19. Constitutional Amendments in Asia: A Contextual Approach to Comparison, Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick, UK) 20. Comparative Constitutional Amendment in Asia, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK)
,
Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781509949731
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781509949748
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781509949755
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781509949762
