Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 1: Constitution-Making

Abstract

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Table of National Legislation -- Table of International Materials -- Introduction -- I. Overview of the Series -- II. Contributions of Volume I - Constitution-Making -- III. Methodology -- IV. Structure of the Volume -- 1. Japan's Post-War Constitution: 'Imposed' Constitution or Hybrid between Global and Local Stakeholders? -- I. Introduction -- II. Cause -- III. Process -- IV. Substance -- V. Implementation -- VI. Conclusion -- 2. Founding and/or Refounding: South Korea's 1948 Constitution -- I. Introduction -- II. Context and Causes for Making a Constitution -- III. Process and Features of Constitution-Making in 1948 -- IV. Substances and Principles of the 1948 Constitution -- V. Implementation and Legacy -- VI. Conclusion -- 3. The Longest Process: Making the 1946 Constitution of the Republic of China -- I. National Survival: Constitution-Making in a Failed State -- II. Towards a Revolutionary Constitution: A Long Process of Draft and Provisional Constitution-Making -- III. In Defence of a Five-Power Constitution -- IV. Guardian of the Constitution: The First Post-WWII Constitutional Court -- 4. The Making of China's 1982 Constitution -- I. The Decision to Revise the Constitution -- II. The Work of Revision -- III. Completion and Adoption -- IV. Conclusion -- 5. The Making of the Hong Kong Basic Law -- I. Introduction -- II. The BLDC and the BLCC: Organisation and Operation -- III. Major Issues and their Resolution -- IV. Concluding Reflections -- 6. North Korean Cultural Revolution: Reading Culture in the 1972 Constitution -- I. Constitution of 1948: The Mirror Stage of the Nascent-State -- II. The Discourse of the Three Revolutions -- III. North Korea's Cultural Revolution in 1972 -- IV. Conclusion -- 7. The Making of the 1992 Mongolian Constitution -- I. Background.