Constitutional Courts in Asia: A Comparative Perspective Contributor(s): Chen, Albert H. Y. (Editor), Harding, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 110719508X ISBN-13: 9781107195080 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Law | Civil Procedure |
Dewey: 347.503 |
LCCN: 2018013798 |
Series: Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy |
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 7.4" W x 9.22" (1.52 lbs) 406 pages |
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Publisher Description: The founding of a constitutional court is often an indication of a chosen path of constitutionalism and democracy. It is no coincidence that most of the constitutional courts in East and Southeast Asia were established at the same time as the transition of the countries concerned from authoritarianism to liberal constitutional democracy. This book is the first to provide systematic narratives and analysis of Asian experiences of constitutional courts and related developments, and to introduce comparative, historical and theoretical perspectives on these experiences, as well as debates on the relevant issues in countries that do not as yet have constitutional courts. This volume makes a significant contribution to the systematic and comparative study of constitutional courts, constitutional adjudication and constitutional developments in East and Southeast Asia and beyond. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harding, Andrew: - Andrew Harding works in the fields of Asian legal studies and comparative constitutional law. He commenced his academic career at the National University of Singapore (NUS) before moving to the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he became Head of the Law School and Director of the Centre for South East Asian Studies. In 2012, he joined NUS, as Director of the Centre for Asian Legal Studies and Director of the Asian Law Institute, from the University of Victoria, Canada. He has worked extensively on constitutional law in Malaysia and Thailand, and more recently Myanmar, and has made extensive contributions to scholarship in Asian comparative law. He is co-founding-editor of the book series Constitutional Systems of the World, a major resource for constitutional law in context, and has authored the books on Malaysia and Thailand in that series (2011, 2012). He has recently edited Constitutionalism and Legal Change in Myanmar (2016). |