The Constitution of Taiwan : a contextual analysis / Jiunn-rong Yeh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ye, Junrong, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Series:

Constitutional systems of the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutions.

Taiwan.

China (Republic : 1949- ). Xian fa.

China (Republic : 1949- ).

Xian fa (China (Republic : 1949- ).).

Constitutional law--Taiwan.

Constitutional law.

Constitutions--Taiwan.

Local Subjects:

China (Republic : 1949- ).

Physical Description:

xxv, 262 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

"In addition to the economic miracle, with surprising growth in the 1970s and 1980s, Taiwan has further shown the world two others. One is the democratic miracle which brought about a silent revolution from notorious authoritarian regime to full democracy in Asia. Intertwined with that miracle is the constitutional one, in which political reform was undertaken in a constitutional manner and through constitutional means. Indeed, Taiwan's transition to democracy was made possible by incremental constitutional revisions, courts responsive to changing dynamics, and a civil society engaged in the project of constitutional transformation. These changes ushered in the unprecedented development of a transitional and transnational constitutionalism. This volume seeks to explain the drivers and context of these constitutional transformations. Democratisation, indigenisation and globalisation all drove the transformation of an externally imposed constitution into an internally embraced, vibrant constitution. The changes analysed in this volume include institutional shifts from a cabinet system to a semi-presidential one; from three parliaments to one, from manipulated central-local relations to a functional federalism: from a Constitutional Court that merely rubber-stamped to one that is responsive and supports social and political dialogues. More importantly, this volume details how a short list of constitutional rights has been transformed to a burgeoning rights-based discourse engaged by civil society"--Unedited summary from book cover.

Contents:

Taiwan's constitution in world constitutionalism : common and saliet features

Taiwan's constitutional journey : imposition and indigenisation

The evolving presidency and the executive

Representation and legislative process

Multi-level governance and devolution

Judicial review and the function of the constitutional court

Rights and freedoms

Conclusion : challenges and prospects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Ye, Junrong, 1958- Constitution of Taiwan.

ISBN:

9781849465120

1849465126

OCLC:

931861393

Publisher Number:

99982118812