Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century

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constitutional status
of local governments, 85
of president, 82 – 3
corruption and social polarization, 98 – 9
developments in judicial and constitutional
adjudication proceedings since 2000 ,
81 – 94
freedom of conscience, 88 – 9
freedom of expression, 89 – 91
freedom of occupation, 92 – 3
GNP (Grand National Party), 80 , 91 , 96 , 99
human dignity and worth, 85 – 7
human rights, 85 – 94
and Japan, 18 , 75
judicial review, 81
KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), 95
KCC (Korean Constitutional Court), 80 – 93
Lee Myong-bak administration, 97 – 9
legal status of independent commission
established by Act, 84 – 5
MBC (Moonwha Broadcasting Company), 95
National Intelligence Service (NIS), 95 – 6
National Police Reserve (NPR), 58
negative aspects of constitutional development
since 2000 , 94 – 100
nullification of presidential emergency decree
under 1972 constitution, 81 – 2
Park Chung-hee, 19
personalization (or private misuse) of public
powers, 94 – 7
political developments since 2000 , 78 – 81
politicization of media, 97 – 8
politics of constitutional revision, 78 – 9
right to education, 94
right to judicial justice, 93
right to property, 91 – 2
right to work, 94
Roh Moo-hyun, 80 – 2 , 91 , 95 – 6 , 99 – 100
Supreme Court, 79
sovereignty, 5 , 17 , 156 , 176 , 179 , 223 , 257
parliamentary, 35 , 40 , 51
popular, 41 , 76 , 82 , 199 , 333
Soviet Union, 10 , 21 – 3 , 103 – 5
SPA (Supreme People’s Assembly), 103 – 5 , 107 , 111 ,
114 – 15
SPDC (State Planning and Development
Council), 224 – 5 , 227 – 8
special administrative regionseeHKSAR;Macau.
speech, free, 15 , 68 , 159 , 182 , 284 , 289 – 94 , 310
stability, 48 , 192 , 238 , 273 , 389
political, 11 , 19 , 24 – 7 , 48 , 121 , 139 , 383
Standing Committee of the NPC (SCNPC),
122 – 4 , 131 – 3 , 136 , 171 – 8 , 180 – 1 , 188 – 91
state immunity, 175 – 6 , 257


state institutions, 79 , 87 , 197 , 231 , 242 , 328 , 388 – 91
State Law and Order Restoration Council
seeSLORC.
State Planning and Development Council
seeSPDC.
state power, 8 , 23 , 40 , 111 , 194 , 198 – 9 , 207 – 9
states of emergency, 29 , 257 , 299
status, 79 , 83 , 106 , 109 , 113 – 16 , 135 , 346
statutory boards or government companies
seeSBGCs.
strongman rule, 19 – 20 , 23 , 27
STs (Scheduled Tribes), 348 , 352 – 5
sub-Saharan Africa, 8 , 42 , 411
subterfuge, 298 – 300 , 321
subversion, 132 , 178
succession, 15 , 233 , 243 , 373
successors, 109 , 117 , 175 , 221 – 2 , 261 , 316 , 383
Sun Yat-sen, 40
Sun Zhigang incident, 21 , 123
supremacy, 102 , 111 , 126 , 170 , 265 , 368 , 394
constitutional, 38 , 354
Supreme Courts
Burma, 227
India, 29 , 345 , 347 , 351 , 353 – 5 , 361 – 6
Indonesia, 327 – 9
JapanseeJapan, Supreme Court.
Malaysia, 263
Nepal, 375 , 383
North Korea, 104
Philippines, 296 , 299 , 302 – 5 , 308 – 10 , 312 – 19
South Korea, 79
Taiwan, 149
Thailand, 240
Vietnam, 200 , 202 , 211 , 213 – 14
supreme leaders, 113 , 116 – 17
Supreme People’s AssemblyseeSPA.
Supreme People’s Court, China, 21 , 121 – 39 , 174
sustainable development, 135 , 344 , 365
Suwannathat-Pian, Kobkua, 269
Syariah Court, 264 – 5
symbolic value, 38 , 283

Taiwan, 14 – 17 , 19 – 21 , 35 – 6 , 134 – 6 , 141 – 68
challenges and prospects, 164 – 7
constitutional adjudication, 145 – 50
constitutional revision rendering subsequent
changes difficult, 144 – 5
DPP (Democratic Progressive Party), 21 , 143 – 5 ,
149
ECFA (Economic Co-operation Framework
Agreement), 136 , 152 – 6 , 165
Executive Yuan, 163 – 5
and global convergence of institutional
arrangements, 160 , 163

Index 433

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