Asia-Pacific constitutional systems / Graham Hassall, Cheryl Saunders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassall, Graham, author.

Saunders, Cheryl, author.

Series:

Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--East Asia.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law--Southeast Asia.

Constitutional law--Pacific Area.

East Asia--Politics and government.

East Asia.

Politics and government.

Southeast Asia--Politics and government.

Southeast Asia.

Pacific Area--Politics and government.

Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This 2002 book describes and critically analyses the formal constitutional changes that have taken place in the Asia-Pacific region, embracing the countries of East and South East Asia and Pacific Island states. In examining the variety amongst constitutional systems operating in the region, it asks several key questions: What constitutional arrangements operate in the region and how can their fundamental differences in structure and operation be explained? How do social, political and economic factors limit the effects of the constitution in place? What lessons exist for the practice of constitutionalism elsewhere? The aim of the book is to ground the idea of constitutionalism in local and global practices, and, through examining these practices, to identify significant challenges to the workings of contemporary constitutional orders.

Contents:

pt. I. Modernity and nation-states at the dawn of the global era. Traditional states and colonisation ; The modern constitution ; Writing the constitution

part II. The constitution of modernity. The legislature ; Representation ; Head of state ; Constitutional revision

part III. Democracy and the rule of law. Courts and the judiciary ; The suspension of constitutional power ; Devolution ; Conclusions. Postmodernity and integrative constitutionalism

Appendix. Chronology of constitutional events in the Asia Pacific.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511549960

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