Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 1

Ngoc Son Bui is Professor of Asian Laws at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, UK.Mara Malagodi is Reader at the School of Law, University of Warwick, UK.

• Table of ContentsList of ContributorsIntroduction, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK) and Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick, UK)1.Japan's Post-War Constitution: ‘Imposed’ Constitution or Hybrid Between Global and Local Stakeholders?, Akiko Ejima (Meiji University, Japan)2.Founding and/or Refounding: South Korea’s 1948 Constitution, Jeong-In Yun (Korea University, Korea)3.The Longest Constitution-Making: Making the 1946 Constitution of the Republic of China, Zhaoxin Jiang (Shandong University, China)4.The Making of China’s 1982 Constitution, Ryan Martínez Mitchell (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)5.The Making of the Hong Kong Basic Law, Pui-yin Lo (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)6.North Korean Cultural Revolution: Reading Culture in the 1972 Constitution, Immanuel Kim (George Washington University, USA)7.The Making of the Mongolian Constitution of 1992, Gunbileg Boldbaatar (National University of Mongolia, Mongolia)8.The Making of (Anti-)Colonial Constitution: The Indonesian 1945 Constitution, Abdurrachman Satrio (Institute for Migrant Rights, Indonesia) 9.Constitution-Making and Autochthony: The Constitution of The Federation of Malaya 1957, Andrew Harding (National University of Singapore, Singapore)10.“A Better Command of Our Own Separate Destiny”: Singapore’s 1965 Constitution and Stewarding The Transition To A New Constitutional Order, Eugene K B Tan (Singapore Management University, Singapore)11.The Making of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Bryan Dennis Gabito Tiojanco (University of Tokyo, Japan)12.The Making Of Cambodia’s 1993 Constitution, Ratana Taing (Pañña¯sa¯stra University of Cambodia, Cambodia)13.State-Owned Enterprises in Vietnam’s 2013 Constitution, Trang (Mae) Nguyen (Temple University, USA)14.Democratic Facade, a Military Heart, & the Flawed Nature of Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution, Jonathan Liljeblad (Australian National University, Australia)15.Thailand’s Competing Notions of Constituent Power: The Making of the 2017 Constitution in The Binary-Star Scenario, Rawin Leelapatana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)16.Justice as Equity and the Making of the Indian Constitution, Mithi Mukherjee (University of Colorado, USA)17.Making and Unmaking the Constitution of Bangladesh, M Jashim Ali Chowdhury (University of Hull, UK)18.The Failure of Transformative Constitution-Making in Sri Lanka, Mario Gomez (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka)19. Post-Conflict Constitution Making in Nepal and the Limits of Constituent Assemblies, Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick, UK)20.Conclusion: Comparative Constitution-Making in Asia, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK)

This book presents a rich and nuanced exploration of constitutional development across Asia, making it noteworthy in the field of comparative constitutional law. Its comprehensive coverage and dept of analysis across a wide collection of Asian countries make it an authoritative source on the subject.