Taiwan (cont.)
government reform and access to information,
161 – 3
gunshot incident, 149
human rights, 152 – 66
human rights commission proposal, 163
independent commission and court
empowerment, 160 – 1
and international human rights treaties, 152 – 5
judicial reference to international human
rights, 157 – 8
KMT (Kuomintang), 19 – 21 , 40 , 118 , 143 , 146 – 9 ,
156 , 162
government, 20 , 147 , 152 , 155 , 162
Legislative Yuan, 20 – 1 , 144 – 7 , 154 , 162 , 164 – 5
presidency, 21
quasi-constitutional statutes, 150 – 2
Supreme Court, 149
Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), 165
transitional perspective, 143 – 52
transnational judicial dialogues, 157 – 9
transnational perspective, 152 – 63
transnational quasi-constitutional
arrangements, 152 – 6
taxes, 86 , 91 – 3 , 98 , 105 – 7 , 238 – 9 , 274 , 353
teachers, 73 – 4 , 99
television, 236 – 7
live, 205 , 297
telosofconstitutionalism, 12
Terengganu, 245 , 266
Thailand, 3 , 17 , 24 , 36 , 219 , 234 – 43
1997 constitution, 236 – 7
2006 coup d’e ́tat, 239 – 40
2007 constitution, 239 – 40
2008 – 2011 , political mayhem and new elections,
240 – 1
Bhumibol, King, 236
Chuan Leekpai, 236 , 238
House of Representatives, 237 , 239 – 40
human rights, 237
into twenty-first century, 237 – 9
PAD (People’s Alliance for Democracy),
240
Palang Prachachon Party (PPP – People’s
Power Party), 240 – 1 , 336
Phibunsongkram, 235
Pridi Banomyong, 235
Puea Thai Party, 241
red shirts, 24 , 240 – 1
Supreme Court, 240
Thai Rak Thai Party, 238 – 40
Thaksin Shinawatra, 24 , 238 – 41
vacillation between military and civilian rule,
235 – 6
yellow shirts, 24 , 240 – 1
Yingluck Shinawatra, 24 , 241
Thaksin Shinawatra, 24 , 238 – 41
Than Shwe, 223 – 4 , 228
Thein Sein, 228 – 9
theocratic states, 262 , 347
Throne Council, 233
token damages, 293
tolerance, 268 , 284 , 298 , 366
torture, 287 – 9 , 360
totalitarianism, 22 , 101 – 2
trade, 108 , 135 – 6 , 141 , 152 , 155 – 6 , 165 , 207
traditions, 32 – 3 , 39 , 51 , 74 , 346 , 370 , 400 – 2
transitionalconstitutionalism, 14 , 141 – 3 , 162 , 168 ,
404 , 413
transitional justice, 376 , 386
transitions, 3 , 15 , 18 , 22 – 3 , 31 , 322 – 4 , 369
democratic, 3 , 141 – 65 , 322
transnational constitutionalism, 2 , 141 – 3 , 152 – 7 ,
159 , 164 – 8 , 393
transparency, 98 , 127 – 8 , 140 , 161 , 248 , 329 , 342
transplants, 3 , 30 , 391 , 410
insightsfrom transplant theory, 405 – 7
treason, 132 , 178 , 314
treaties, 61 , 152 , 158 , 162 , 165 , 185 , 394 – 5
trust, 66 , 74 , 95 , 98 – 9 , 117 , 162 – 3 , 192
of neighboring countries, 52 , 75
publicseepublic trust.
TSU (Taiwan Solidarity Union), 165UDHRseeUniversal Declaration of Human
Rights.
ultra petita, 330
UMNO (United Malays National Organisation),
25 , 256 , 261 , 266 , 269
UN (United Nations), 58 , 62 , 65 , 143 , 151 – 4 , 392 – 4 ,
411 – 12
Charter, 62 , 65 , 153
unconstitutionality, 83 , 86 , 92 , 182 , 397
unification,peaceful, 107 – 9 , 134
Union Solidarity and Development Association
(USDA), 228
Union Solidarity and Development Party
(USDP), 228
United Kingdom, 173 , 291 , 405 , 409
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),
25 , 256 , 261
United NationsseeUN.
United States, 5 , 15 , 77 , 82 , 90
unity, 7 , 161 , 194 , 204 , 209 , 332 – 3 , 371
national, 333 , 346 , 371 , 384 , 388
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),
153 , 157 , 287 , 328
universal suffrage, 22 , 28 , 88 , 131 – 2 , 174 , 188 – 92 , 324