Constitutional Foundings in South Asia (Constitutionalism in Asia) - Hardcover

Kevin YL Tan; Ridwanul Hoque

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1509930256 ISBN 13: 9781509930258

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

This volume addresses the idea of origins, how things are formed, and how they relate to their present and future in terms of ‘constitution-making’ which is a continuous process in South Asian states. It examines the drafting, nature, core values and roles of the first modern constitutions during the founding of the eight modern nation-states in South Asia.

The book looks at the constitutions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It provides an explanatory description of the process and substantive inputs in the making of the first constitutions of these nations; it sets out to analyse the internal and external (including intra-regional) forces surrounding the making of these constitutions; and it sets out theoretical constructions of models to conceptualise the nature and role of the first constitutions (including constituent documents) in the founding of the modern nation-states and their subsequent impact on state-building in the region.

About this title

About the Author

Kevin YL Tan is Adjunct Professor at both the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. Ridwanul Hoque is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Dhaka.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509930256
• ISBN 13: 9781509930258
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Kevin YL Tan, Ridwanul Hoque