Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 362
central government, China, 125 , 135 – 7 , 140 , 172 ,
174 , 176 – 80 , 188 – 93
Central People’s CommitteeseeCPC.
central people’s governmentseeChina, central
government.
ceremonial purposes, 262 – 3 , 347
checks and balances, 27 , 104 , 296 , 299
Chhetris, 367 – 9 , 372
chief executive, 22 , 131 – 2 , 174 – 5 , 177 , 188 – 92 , 316
chief justices
Burma, 227
HKSAR, 180
Indonesia, 329
Japan, 73
Malaysia, 246 – 8 , 251
North Korea, 104
Philippines, 296 , 305 , 312 – 13 , 315 , 318 – 19
Singapore, 270
South Korea, 79
children, 71 – 2 , 88 , 158 – 9 , 173 , 339 , 355 – 7
legitimate, 181 , 226
China, 4 , 18 – 19 , 21 – 2 , 37 – 41 , 118 – 40 , 156 , 169 – 73 ,
192 – 3
amendments to the Electoral Law, 125 – 6
central government, 125 , 132 , 135 – 7 , 170 – 2 , 174 ,
176 – 80 , 188 – 93
Constitution, 21 , 38 , 122 , 127 , 130
constitutional dynamics, 118 – 40
constitutional review, 121 – 5
constitutionalists, 128 – 9 , 131 , 140
Control Yuan, 41 , 147 , 163
Cultural Revolution, 21 , 37 , 118 , 139 , 172
ECFA (Economic Co-operation Framework
Agreement), 136 , 152 – 6 , 165
economic co-operation, 135 – 6
government of law, 126 – 9
guiding cases system, 137 – 9
human rights, 119 – 20 , 129 – 31 , 140
judicial independence, 136 – 7
judicial reforms, 136 – 9
judicial review, 36 , 123
judiciary, 121 – 2 , 137
leadership, 39 , 119 – 20 , 127 , 132 , 134 – 5 , 139
Mao Zedong, 21 , 119
NPC (National People’s Congress), 119 , 122 – 5 ,
131 – 3 , 136 – 7 , 171
presidency, 120 , 139
Qi Yuling case, 21 , 38 , 121 – 3
Standing Committee of the NPC (SCNPC),
122 – 4 , 131 – 3 , 136 , 171 – 8 , 180 – 1 , 188 – 91
Sun Zhigang incident, 21 , 123
Supreme People’s Court, 21 , 121 – 39 , 174
Wang Zhicai case, 138
Chinese Communist PartyseeCCP.
Choi Si Joong, 96 – 7
Chuan Leekpai, 236 , 238
citizens, duties of, 103 , 107
citizenship, 120 , 257 , 311 – 12 , 388
new, 311 – 12
civic education, 382 , 385
civic engagement, 166 – 8
civil liberties, 9 , 20 – 2 , 25 – 6 , 28 , 31 , 235 – 7 , 300
civil service, 24 , 261 , 317
civil society, 19 , 21 – 2 , 77 – 8 , 154 , 160 , 167 , 259
civil unrest, 28 , 219
civil wars, 20 , 23 – 4 , 30 – 1 , 40 , 118 , 162 , 221
civilian government, 17 , 24 , 236
clarity, 146 , 290
rule of, 90
classification, 9 , 11 , 13 – 14 , 30 , 187 , 283 , 308
test, 171 , 173
CLB (Cabinet Legislation Bureau), 18 , 52 , 59 – 64 ,
73 – 4 , 406
coalition governments, 232 , 240 , 266 , 343 , 345 , 349
coalition politics, 267 , 355
coalitions, 23 , 163 , 234 , 238 , 241 , 255 , 336 – 7
co-existence, 170 , 191 , 209
collective self-defense, 62 – 5
collectivism, 106 – 7
colonialism, 7 , 17 , 411
colonies, 24 , 39 , 219 – 20 , 229
former, 170 , 242
colonisation, 30 , 346 , 412
‘comfort women’ system, 73
commander-in-chief, 64 , 226 – 7
powers, 299
common law, 175 – 6 , 180 , 183 , 286 , 289
principles, 176 , 286
system, 170 – 2 , 174 , 177 , 179 – 81
common values, 377 , 389
communism, 18 , 106 , 114 , 392
Communist Party of Nepal, 30 , 373
Communist Party of Vietnam, 194 – 6
communitarian constitutionalism, 25 , 270
communitarianism, 283 – 4
communities
disadvantaged, 376 – 9
marginalized, 367 , 372 , 378 , 384 – 8
comparative constitutional law, 6 , 32 , 52 – 3 , 208 ,
391 , 401 , 410
compensation, 38 , 93 , 130 , 140 , 307 , 310 , 359
competence, 28 , 84 – 5 , 161 , 187 , 281
disputes, 81 , 85
complaints, 83 , 133 , 148 , 248 , 302 , 305 , 355 – 7
constitutional, 80 – 2 , 91 , 94
complexity, 182 , 381
Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 376 , 379