Buddhism and comparative constitutional law / edited by Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago, Ben Schonthal, University of Otago.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ginsburg, Tom, editor.

Schonthal, Benjamin, 1976- editor.

Series:

Comparative constitutional law and policy.

Comparative constitutional law and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Southeast Asia.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional law--East Asia.

Law--Southeast Asia--Buddhist influences.

Law.

Law--East Asia--Buddhist influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 384 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law offers the first comprehensive account of the entanglements of Buddhism and constitutional law in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of experts, the volume offers a complex portrait of "the Buddhist-constitutional complex," demonstrating the intricate and powerful ways in which Buddhist and constitutional ideas merged, interacted and co-evolved. The authors also highlight the important ways in which Buddhist actors have (re)conceived Western liberal ideals such as constitutionalism, rule of law, and secularism. Available Open Access on Cambridge Core, this trans-disciplinary volume is written to be accessible to a non-specialist audience.

Contents:

Introduction : mapping the Buddhist-Constitutional Complex in Asia, by Tom Ginsburg and Benjamin Schonthal

Buddhism and constitutionalism in precolonial Southeast Asia, by D. Christian Lammerts

Theorizing constitutionalism in Buddhist-dominant Asian polities, by Asanga Welikala

The Zhabdrung's legacy : Buddhism and constitutional transformation in Bhutan, by Richard W. Whitecross

The "trick of law" : the hermeneutics of early Buddhist Law in Tibet, Martin A. Mills

Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Constitutional Law and Governmental Constitutional Law : mutual influences? by Berthe Jansen

Guardians of the law : Sinhala language and Buddhist reformation in post-war Sri Lanka, by Krishantha Fedricks

Thai constitutions as a battle ground for political authority : Barami versus 'Vox Populi', by Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang

Establishing the king as the source of the Constitution : shifting 'bricolaged' narratives of Buddhist kingship from Siam to Thailand, by Eugénie Mérieau

Buddhist constitutionalism beyond constitutional law : Buddhist statecraft and military ideology in Myanmar, by Iselin Frydenlund

Reconstituting the divided Sangha : Buddhist authority in post-conflict Cambodia, by Benjamin Lawrence

Constitutional Buddhism : Japanese Buddhists and Constitutional Law, by Levi McLaughlin

Governing Buddhism in Vietnam, by Bui Ngoc Son

The Buddhist Association of China and Constitutional Law in Buddhist Majority Nations : the international channels of influence, by André Laliberté

Governing "lamaism" on the "frontier" : Buddhism and law in early twentieth century Inner Mongolia, by Daigengna Duoer

Buddhist constitutional battlegrounds : using the courts to litigate Monastic Celibacy in South Korea (1955-1970), by Mark A. Nathan

On the familiar pleasures of estrangement, by Deepa Das Acevedo

Buddhism and constitutionalism : a comparison with the Canon Law, by Richard H. Helmholz

Islam and Constitutional Law, by Clark Lombardi.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Nov 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009286060

1009286064

9781009286015

1009286013

9781009286022

1009286021

OCLC:

1490382554

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access