Democratic Consolidation and Constitutional Endurance in Asia and Africa

Tom Gerald Daly is Deputy Director of the Melbourne School of Government, Director of the online knowledge platform Democratic Decay & Renewal (DEM-DEC; democratic-decay.org), and Convenor of the Constitution Transformation Network (CTN). His comparative research focuses on global democratic decay and renewal, the contingent democratic legitimacy of judicial review, constitutional design, and constitutional repair. Beyond extensive experience at Melbourne, Edinburgh, and Copenhagen universities, his consultancy work includes designing a pan-continental African Judicial Network for the African Union and leading or working on constitutional-legal reform projects in states and territories including Lebanon, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and the Pacific.Dinesha Samararatne is Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is a Convenor of the Constitution Transformation Network (CTN) at Melbourne Law School and an Articles Editor for the Indian Law Review. Dinesha's research interests include constitutional law, administrative law, and human rights law from a Global South perspective, including fourth branch institutions, constitutional resilience, public participation in constitution-making, and judicial interpretation of fundamental rights. She has published with the Asian Journal of Law and Society, World Comparative Law, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, and Asian Journal of Comparative Law.

• 1: Tom Gerald Daly and Dinesha Samararatne: Decolonising Comparative Constitutional Law (and Democratisation Studies)?Part I Thematic Chapters2: Jason Grant Allen: Public Offices in Processes of Constitutional Development3: Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher: The Role of Governing Institutions in Attempted Reform Processes4: Mouli Banerjee: Here, There, and Everywhere: Locating the Political Party in Democratic Transitions and Backslides5: Julius Yam: Constitutional Courts and the Exceptionality of Regime-Change6: Shanil Wijesinha and Daniel Alphonsus: Civil-Military Relations7: Cheryl Saunders: Constitutional Cultures8: Joelle Grogan: The Impact of COVID-19Part II Case Studies9: Satang Nabaneh: Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in The Gambia: A Cup Half Full, Half Empty, or More?10: Adem Kassie Abebe: Ethiopia's Transition: Will the Country Stem Descent to its Tradition of Authoritarianism?11: Mariyam Zulfa: The Maldives Constitution 2008: Winds of Change at the Fifteenth-year Crossroads12: Luwie Ganeshathasan: Sri Lanka's Chronic Inability to Sustain Democratic Reform13: Ohn Mar Zin, Naw Janet, and Kimana Zulueta-Fülscher: Myanmar's Transition to Peace and Democracy: The Journey Reversed14: Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang: Coup and Decay: How Thai-style Democracy Abuses Constitutionalism15: Wilson Tay Tze Vern: Making a Progress on a Rocky Path: Democratic Consolidation and Endurance in Malaysia, 2018-2021