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Constitutional Foundings in South Asia

Constitutional Foundings in South Asia

Author: Kevin Y.L. Tan; Ridwanul Hoque
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509930258

Published In: January 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509944033

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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.

1. South Asian Constitutional Foundings: Beyond History

Kevin Y.L. Tan & Ridwanul Hoque

2. India's Constitutional Founding: An Enduring But Mixed Legacy

Arun K Thiruvengadam

3. From Nation to State: Constitutional Founding in Pakistan

Sadaf Aziz & Moeen Cheema

4. The Founding and Making of Bangladesh's Constitution

Ridwanul Hoque

5. 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

6. Constitutional Foundings in Nepal: Experience with Changing Parameters

Bipin Adhikari

7. Making Bhutan's Constitution: Institutionalizing a Traditional Monarchy

Winnie Bothe

8. Towards a Maldivian Nation-State: The Constitutions of 1932 and 1968

Shamsul Falaah

9. Afghanistan: An Aborted Beginning

Ebrahim Afsah