Constitutional foundings in Southeast Asia / edited by Kevin Y.L. Tan, Ngọc Sơn Bùi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bùi, Ngọc Sơn, editor.

Tan, Kevin, editor.

Series:

Constitutionalism in Asia (Hart Publishing (Oxford, England))

Constitutionalism in Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Southeast Asia.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional law--Southeast Asia--History.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 338 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"This volume focuses on the making, nature, and role of the first modern constitutions at the founding of the modern nation-states in Southeast Asia. These historical essays add richly to our understanding and appreciation of the founding moments and to the theory and practice of constitutionalism in these states. This volume makes three significant contributions. First, it helps plug the wide knowledge gap in comparative constitutional history in Southeast Asia. Second, it furthers our understanding of contemporary constitutional practice and also anticipates possible developmental trajectories in light of the foundational values embedded in and manifested through these constitutions. Third, through the comparative historical study of these early constitutions, plausible theoretical insights may be gained to further our understanding of Southeast Asia's constitutional history. The book is essential reading for those wishing to obtain a deeper understanding of the constitutional foundings of Southeast Asia."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. Southeast Asian Constitutional Foundings: A Constitutional-History Perspective

Kevin YL Tan and Bui Ngoc Son

2. Keeping Close to Shore: Preserving Colonial Legacies in the 1935 Philippine Constitution

Leia Castañeda Anastacio

3. The Origins of the 1945 Indonesian Constitution

Koichi Kawamura

4. Timor-Leste's Post-Revolutionary Constitution: From Foundations to Practice

Leigh-Ashley Lipscomb

5. The Making of Myanmar's 1947 Constitution: Geography, Ethnicity, and Law

Maitrii Aung-Thwin

6. A Foreign Commission for Domestic Needs: The Constitutional Founding of Malaysia

H Kumarasingham

7. Foundational Moments: The 'Singapore Constitution'

Kevin YL Tan

8. The Making of Brunei's 1959 Constitution

BA Hussainmiya

9. Not Meant to Last: Vietnam's First Constitution

Stein Tønnesson

10. The Lao Constitution of 1947

1949: Creating a Nation-State

Martin Stuart-Fox

11. The First Constitution-Making in Cambodia: Colonialism, Modernism, Nationalism and the Implications

Teilee Kuong

12. The 1932 Compromise Constitution: Matrix of Thailand's Permanent Constitutional Instability

Eugenie Mérieau.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781509918959

1509918957

9781509918942

1509918949

9781509918935

1509918930

OCLC:

1079412262