Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century

by Dieter Grimm whereby ‘the members of a polity develop a communal spirit and a collective identity that differentiates them fr ...

the detail of non-centralisation, the inclusion or omission of particular rights, constitutional architecture, and the nuance of ...

Insights from transplant theory A second force that militates against convergence through internationalisation in practice, if n ...

constitutions at the ‘organic’ end of a spectrum at which laws are ‘most resistant to transplantation’. 82 In fact, transplants ...

suggests not. A transplant effect in any event is likely to be tempered by the typical generality of such norms and the growing ...

The effective erosion of state autonomy is a familiar reality that shows every sign of continuing. Even so, the degree of loss i ...

constitutional traditions and the willingness of state institutions to assert their own authority in the face of supra-nationali ...

iv. comparative challenges The new paradigm The challenge for comparative constitutional law that has been sketched in this chap ...

the endemic dangers of overestimating similarity of function and underestimating contextual difference. (^107) Historical method ...

exercise that seeks insight from regional groupings, regionalism nevertheless offers a pointer, both to similarities between nei ...

in each case with regional variations on categories found elsewhere. In economic terms, a few Asian states are extremely prosper ...

The Asian experience also is distinctive from the standpoint of constitutional convergence. All Asian constitutions have been in ...

v. conclusions This chapter has sought to demonstrate that, while internationalisation is affecting national constitutional syst ...

Index abode, right of, 122 , 172 – 3 , 185 absolute state immunity, 176 abuse of discretion, doctrine of, 69 – 70 accountability ...

Barisan NasionalseeBN. Basic Law, 22 , 119 , 131 , 170 – 80 , 186 – 92 , 208 basic rights, 7 , 78 – 9 , 84 , 387 beliefs, 68 , 9 ...

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 362 central government, China, 125 , 135 – 7 , 140 , 172 , 174 , 176 – 80 , 188 – 93 Cent ...

compromise, 72 , 105 , 124 , 149 , 165 , 183 , 263 compulsory education, 93 , 355 – 7 conceptual framework, 4 – 16 Conference of ...

conviction, 273 , 314 politics, 96 , 99 co-ordination, 199 , 209 , 385 of powers, 199 , 204 , 209 corruption, 267 – 9 , 314 , 31 ...

Dewan Perwakilan RakyatseeDPR. Dewan Rakyat, 244 – 5 dictatorships, 37 , 43 , 108 , 240 , 387 proletarian, 106 , 108 totalitaria ...

embezzlement, 148 emergency, 25 , 64 , 245 , 257 – 8 , 295 , 298 – 300 economic, 299 presidential emergency decrees, 81 – 2 proc ...