Myanmar: a political lexicon
In: Elements in politics and society in Southeast Asia
In: Cambridge elements
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In: Elements in politics and society in Southeast Asia
In: Cambridge elements
In: Cambridge review of international affairs, Band 36, Heft 2, S. 298-300
ISSN: 1474-449X
In: South-East Asia research, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 104-107
ISSN: 2043-6874
In: Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Band 18, S. 263-281
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In: Politics, Groups, and Identities, Band 9, Heft 4, S. 835-840
ISSN: 2156-5511
In: South-East Asia research, Band 28, Heft 3, S. 363-366
ISSN: 2043-6874
In: Asian journal of law and society, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 196-199
ISSN: 2052-9023
In: Human rights quarterly, Band 41, Heft 4, S. 873-892
ISSN: 1085-794X
In: Modern Asian studies, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 564
ISSN: 0026-749X
In: Modern Asian studies, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 564-601
ISSN: 1469-8099
AbstractThese days the rule of law is often invoked in Burma. Although its contemporary salience is partly a consequence of recent global trends, the rule of law also has lineages in the country's colonial and early post-colonial periods. To examine these lineages, this article distinguishes between its procedural and substantive conceptions. Whereas the latter conception recognizes the subjects of law as freely associating equals, the former is compatible with a range of political practices, including those that are undemocratic. The records of decisions in criminal cases before Burma's superior courts during the period of British domination suggest that some semblance of procedural rule of law did exist, and that it was compatible with the rule of colonial difference. Out of this procedural rule of law a nascent, substantive type emerged during the early years of democratic life in the post-colony, before the onset of military dictatorship. The article concludes that more effort to structure interpretations of the rule of law in history might better enable discussion about the concept's continued relevance.
In: Social research: an international quarterly, Band 82, Heft 2, S. 267-290
ISSN: 1944-768X
In: Social research: an international quarterly, Band 82, Heft 2, S. 267-290
ISSN: 0037-783X
In: South-East Asia research, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 213-232
ISSN: 2043-6874
In: South-East Asia research, Band 21, Heft 2, S. 343-347
ISSN: 2043-6874
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 82, Heft 4, S. 597-613
ISSN: 1715-3379