Constitutional Foundings in Northeast Asia

Kevin YL Tan is Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and Visiting Professor at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.Michael Ng is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong.

• 1. Northeast Asian Constitutional Foundings: The Weight of HistoryKevin YL Tan, National University of Singapore2. The 1954 Constitution of China: Empire State-BuildingHumphrey Ko, University of Hong Kong3. The Making of the Constitutional Order of the Hong Kong SAR: The Role of Sino-British Diplomacy (1982–90)Albert HY Chen, University of Hong Kong, and Michael Ng, University of Hong Kong4. Macao’s Constitutional FoundingXiaobo Zhai, University of Macau5. The Birth of the Constitution of the Republic of ChinaChien-Chih Lin, Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan6. The Meiji Constitution and Japan’s Emergence in the International Order, 1853–1905Kentaro Matsubara, University of Tokyo, Japan7. Thirty Years Old at Birth? The Constitutional Founding of the Republic of KoreaChaihark Hahm, Yonsei University, South Korea 8. Constitutional Founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of KoreaErik Mobrand, Seoul National University, South Korea9. The 1924 Constitution: Towards the Modernisation of MongoliaAmarsanaa Batbold, National University of Mongolia and Chadraabal Unurbayar, National University of Mongolia

As the first book to examine all the first constitutions of Northeast Asia, this volume fills a long-empty gap in comparative and Asian studies literature with quality and style.