Constitutional foundings in South Asia / edited by Kevin Y.L. Tan and Ridwanul Hoque.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tan, Kevin, editor.

Hoque, Ridwanul, editor.

Series:

Constitutionalism in Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--South Asia.

Constitutional history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This volume addresses the idea of origins, how things are formed, and how they relate to their present and future in terms of 'constitution-making' which is a continuous process in South Asian states. It examines the drafting, nature, core values, and roles of the first modern constitutions during the founding of the eight modern nation-states in South Asia. The book looks at the following constitutions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It provides an explanatory description of the process and substantive inputs in the making of the first constitutions of these nations, it sets out to analyse the internal and external (including intra-regional) forces surrounding the making of these constitutions and it sets out theoretical constructions of models to conceptualise the nature and role of the first constitutions (including constituent documents) in the founding of the modern nation-states and their subsequent impact on state-building in the region"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

South Asian constitutional foundings : beyond history / Kevin Y. L. Tan and Ridwanul Hoque

India's constitutional founding : an enduring but mixed legacy / Arun K Thiruvengadam

From nation to state : constitutional founding in Pakistan / Sadaf Aziz and Moeen Cheema

The founding and making of Bangladesh's constitution / Ridwanul Hoque

Dominion status and compromised foundations : the Soulbury Constitution and Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist responses to the founding of the Ceylonese State, 1931

1956 / Roshan de Silva-Wijeyeratne

Constitutional foundings in Nepal : experience with changing parameters / Bipin Adhikari

Making Bhutan's Constitution : institutionalising a 'traditional' monarchy / Winnie Bothe

Towards a Maldivian nation-state : the Constitutions of 1932 and 1968 / Shamsul Falaah

Afghanistan : an aborted beginning / Ebrahim Afsah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781509930272

1509930272

9781509930265

1509930264

9781509930289

1509930280

OCLC:

1238134342