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"This is the first in a 4 volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in 19 Asian jurisdictions. Volume 1 explores the process and contents in the making of a new constitution. The book offers answers to questions on the causes, processes, substance and implantation involved in making new constitutions such as; - What are the political, social, and economic factors that drive the constitution-making? - How are constitutions made, and who makes them? - What are the substantive contents of constitution-making? - What kinds of legislation are enacted to implement constitutions? - How do courts enforce constitutions? The jurisdictions covered include: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam."--

"This book explores and explains how and why the idea of unconstitutional constitutional amendment informs a range of political activities through diverse forums and by various social and political actors in both formal and informal constitutional amendment processes in Asia. The authors examine the process of, and judicial review of, constitutional amendment. The range of political activities explored include political debate, discourse, and mobilization surrounding the process of constitutional design and adjudication. The various and diverse forums discussed include legislative, judicial, and popular while the various social and political actors include judges, politicians, lawyers, scholars, political parties, and social movement activists"--

South Asian constitutional foundings : beyond history / Kevin Y. L. Tan and Ridwanul Hoque -- India's constitutional founding : an enduring but mixed legacy / Arun K Thiruvengadam -- From nation to state : constitutional founding in Pakistan / Sadaf Aziz and Moeen Cheema -- The founding and making of Bangladesh's constitution / Ridwanul Hoque -- Dominion status and compromised foundations : the Soulbury Constitution and Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist responses to the founding of the Ceylonese State, 1931--1956 / Roshan de Silva-Wijeyeratne -- Constitutional foundings in Nepal : experience with changing parameters / Bipin Adhikari -- Making Bhutan's Constitution : institutionalising a 'traditional' monarchy / Winnie Bothe -- Towards a Maldivian nation-state : the Constitutions of 1932 and 1968 / Shamsul Falaah -- Afghanistan : an aborted beginning / Ebrahim Afsah.