Basic Structure Doctrine in Malaysia

Kevin YL Tan is Professor (Adjunct) at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore.HP Lee is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australia.

• Constitutional Amendments and the Basic Structure Doctrine in Malaysia: An Overview, Kevin YL Tan (National University of Singapore) and HP Lee (Monash University, Australia)Part I: Theoretical Overview1. Executive Supremacy and Judicial Power: Legality as a Constraint on Consitutional Change, Rueban Balasubramaniam (Carleton University, Canada)2. Government Structures, Parliamentary Constitutionalism and the Basic Structure Doctrine, Andrew Harding (National University of Singapore)3. Charting Changes to the Constitution: Amendments and the Basic Structure, Kevin YL Tan (National University of Singapore)Part II: Malaysia: General Perspectives4. Constitutional Amendments in Malaysia: Some Emerging Issues, Shad Saleem Faruqi (University of Malaya, Malaysia)5. The Basic Structure in Malaysia: Less than Meets the Eye, Benjamin Joshua Ong (Singapore Management University)6. Judicial Power and the ‘Basic Structure Doctrine’ in Malaysia, Wilson Tay Tze Vern (Taylor’s University, Malaysia)7. Basic Structure Doctrine (BSD): A Political View from Sabah and Sarawak, James Chin (University of Tasmania, Australia)8. Two Forks in the Road: Defending Constitutional Supremacy in the Face of Constitutional Amendments, Emily Ho (Lim Chee Wee Partnership, Malaysia)9. Examining the Sovereignty of the Malay Rulers under the Basic Structure Doctrine, Mohd Nazim Ganti Shaari (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia)10. Political Parties in Parliamentary Democracy: From Lacuna in the Malaysian Constitution’s Basic Structure to Anti-Hopping Law, Wong Chin Huat (Sunway University, Malaysia)Part III: Comparative Perspectives11. Basic Structure Beyond the Written Constitution, Erin Delaney (University College London, UK)12. Basic Structure as a Means for Judicial Self-Dealing or Self-Preservation? Placing Malaysia in the Broader Asian Context , Rehan Abeyratne (Western Sydney University, Australia)13. Protection of the Judicial Power under the Basic Structure Doctrine: Lessons from Australia, HP Lee (Monash University, Australia) and Andrew Foster (Monash University, Australia)