Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 3
Constitutional Structure
Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 3
Constitutional Structure
Description
This is the third in a four-volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in Asia.
Volume 3 looks at the both the formal and functional aspects of constitutional structure in 18 Asian jurisdictions. It considers formal aspects such as:
- legislative-executive relations;
- the court system;
- constitutional review (including specialist, ordinary judicial review, and non-judicial institutions of constitutional review);
- central-local relations and federalism;
- the role of the political parties;
- the role of the military; and
- independent institutions, such as audit, election, and anti-corruption institutions.
It also answers questions about functional aspects of constitutional structure including:
- How do these structural institutions work in practice?
- What are the factors, such as political dynamics, local culture, ethnic diversity, and social structure, influence their operation?
The jurisdictions covered are: Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.
Table of Contents
Part I: East Asia
1. Changing Constitutional Structures in Japan, Akiko Ejima (Meiji University, Japan)
2. Constitutional Structure of South Korea: Law and Politics, Jeong-In Yun (Korea University)
3. Characteristics of the State Organ System under the North Korean Socialist Constitution, Jeong Won Park (Kookmin University, South Korea)
4. Constitutional Structure of Mongolia: Legal Regulation and Practice, Gunbileg Boldbaatar (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
5. The Constitutional Structure of the People's Republic of China, Ryan Martínez Mitchell (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
6. A Patchwork Constitutional Structure in Taiwan, Chien-Chih Lin (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
7. China's Hong Kong and Hong Kong, China: More than a City under 'One Country, Two Systems', Pui-Yin Lo (University of Hong Kong)
8. The Macau Special Administrative Region at Halftime: An Assessment of the First 25 Years of Reconstruction under the People's Republic of China, Jason Buhi (Barry University, USA)
Part II: Southeast Asia
9. Malaysia: Government Structure and Unification in a Divided Polity, Andrew Harding (University of Reading, Malaysia)
10. 'The Main Thing About the Constitution is that it Must Work': Securing Good Governance and Managing the Pace of Political Change Through Institutional (Re-)Design, Eugene K B Tan (Singapore Management University)
11. Constitutional Structure in Myanmar: Unresolved Legacies for a Constitutional Future, Jonathan Liljeblad (Australian National University)
12. Philippine Constitutional Structure: Text and Practice, Bryan Dennis G Tiojanco (University of Tokyo, Japan)
13. Between Two Worlds: Indonesia and the Spectre of the Dharmic-Infused Constitutional Structure, Abdurrachman Satrio (Trisakti University, Indonesia)
14. The Separation of Powers under a Royalist Regime: Lessons from Thailand's Binary-Star Scenario, Rawin Leelapatana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
15. Constitutional Structure of The Lao People's Democratic Republic, Kazuo (Kaz) Fukuda (Kansai Gaidai University, Japan)
Part III: South Asia
16. From Colonial Legacy to Modern Praetorianism – Pakistan's Constitutional Structure, Sadaf Aziz and Marva Khan Cheema (University of Lahore, Pakistan)
17. The Failure of Bangladesh's Constitutional Design, Jashim Ali Chowdhury (University of Hull, UK)
18. Striking a Constitutional Balance in Sri Lanka, Mario Gomez (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka)
Part IV: Conclusion
19. Constitutional Structures in Asia: A Comparative Framework, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK), Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick, UK), and Christopher Roberts (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Product details
| Published | 04 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 512 |
| ISBN | 9781509949793 |
| Imprint | Hart Publishing |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
