Po Jen Yap is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in Constitutional and Administrative Law.Rehan Abeyratne is an Associate Professor of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in constitutional law and comparative constitutionalism.

• Contributors 1 Parliaments in Asia: Introduction Po Jen Yap and Rehan AbeyratnePART IThematic Chapters 2 Communist regimes Po Jen Yap and Chen Yu-Jie3 Liberal democracies Chien-Chih Lin4 Dominant party democracies Po Jen Yap and Marcus Teo5 Turbulent democracies Rehan Abeyratne6 Presidential democracies Björn Dressel and Fakhridho SusiloPART IIJurisdiction Chapters 7 The Parliament ( Jatiya Sangsad) of Bangladesh M Jashim Ali Chowdhury8 The National Assembly and Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia Benjamin Lawrence9 The National People’s Congress in China Sun Ying10 The Legislative Council of Hong Kong Eric Chan11 The Parliament and State Legislatures of India M Mohsin Alam Bhat12 The Legislatures of Indonesia Simon Butt and Tim Lindsey13 The Japanese DietShigenori Matsui14 The Parliament of Malaysia Wong Chin Huat15 The Legislature (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) of Myanmar Richard Roewer and Han Htoo Khant Paing16 The Parliament of Pakistan Mariam Mufti17 The Congress of the Philippines Bryan Dennis G Tiojanco and Ronald Ray K San Juan18 The Parliament of Singapore Eugene KB Tan19 The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Sang-Un Park20 The Parliament of Sri Lanka Dinesha Samararatne21 The Legislative Yuan of Taiwan Yen-Tu Su22 The Legislative Assembly of Thailand Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang and Aua-aree Engchanil23 The National Assembly of Vietnam Ngoc Son BuiIndex

Po Jen Yap is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in Constitutional and Administrative Law.Rehan Abeyratne is an Associate Professor of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in constitutional law and comparative constitutionalism.

• Contributors 1 Parliaments in Asia: Introduction Po Jen Yap and Rehan AbeyratnePART IThematic Chapters 2 Communist regimes Po Jen Yap and Chen Yu-Jie3 Liberal democracies Chien-Chih Lin4 Dominant party democracies Po Jen Yap and Marcus Teo5 Turbulent democracies Rehan Abeyratne6 Presidential democracies Björn Dressel and Fakhridho SusiloPART IIJurisdiction Chapters 7 The Parliament ( Jatiya Sangsad) of Bangladesh M Jashim Ali Chowdhury8 The National Assembly and Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia Benjamin Lawrence9 The National People’s Congress in China Sun Ying10 The Legislative Council of Hong Kong Eric Chan11 The Parliament and State Legislatures of India M Mohsin Alam Bhat12 The Legislatures of Indonesia Simon Butt and Tim Lindsey13 The Japanese DietShigenori Matsui14 The Parliament of Malaysia Wong Chin Huat15 The Legislature (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) of Myanmar Richard Roewer and Han Htoo Khant Paing16 The Parliament of Pakistan Mariam Mufti17 The Congress of the Philippines Bryan Dennis G Tiojanco and Ronald Ray K San Juan18 The Parliament of Singapore Eugene KB Tan19 The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Sang-Un Park20 The Parliament of Sri Lanka Dinesha Samararatne21 The Legislative Yuan of Taiwan Yen-Tu Su22 The Legislative Assembly of Thailand Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang and Aua-aree Engchanil23 The National Assembly of Vietnam Ngoc Son BuiIndex

Po Jen Yap is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in Constitutional and Administrative Law.Rehan Abeyratne is an Associate Professor of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in constitutional law and comparative constitutionalism.

• Contributors 1 Parliaments in Asia: Introduction Po Jen Yap and Rehan AbeyratnePART IThematic Chapters 2 Communist regimes Po Jen Yap and Chen Yu-Jie3 Liberal democracies Chien-Chih Lin4 Dominant party democracies Po Jen Yap and Marcus Teo5 Turbulent democracies Rehan Abeyratne6 Presidential democracies Björn Dressel and Fakhridho SusiloPART IIJurisdiction Chapters 7 The Parliament ( Jatiya Sangsad) of Bangladesh M Jashim Ali Chowdhury8 The National Assembly and Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia Benjamin Lawrence9 The National People’s Congress in China Sun Ying10 The Legislative Council of Hong Kong Eric Chan11 The Parliament and State Legislatures of India M Mohsin Alam Bhat12 The Legislatures of Indonesia Simon Butt and Tim Lindsey13 The Japanese DietShigenori Matsui14 The Parliament of Malaysia Wong Chin Huat15 The Legislature (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) of Myanmar Richard Roewer and Han Htoo Khant Paing16 The Parliament of Pakistan Mariam Mufti17 The Congress of the Philippines Bryan Dennis G Tiojanco and Ronald Ray K San Juan18 The Parliament of Singapore Eugene KB Tan19 The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Sang-Un Park20 The Parliament of Sri Lanka Dinesha Samararatne21 The Legislative Yuan of Taiwan Yen-Tu Su22 The Legislative Assembly of Thailand Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang and Aua-aree Engchanil23 The National Assembly of Vietnam Ngoc Son BuiIndex