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Unstable Constitutionalism: Law and Politics in South Asia - Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Mark Tushnet
South Asia, despite being the site of the world's largest constitutional democracy, is underrepresented in comparative legal scholarship. This book remedies this lack of attention by examining constitutional law in five South Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Brief Description: This book examines constitutional law and practice in five South Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Table of Contents: Part I. Introduction: 1. Unstable constitutionalism Mark Tushnet and Madhav Khosla; 2. How to do constitutional law and politics in South Asia Sujit Choudhry; Part II. Forms and Sources of Instability: 3. The locus of sovereign authority in Nepal Mara Malagodi; 4. Representation, regime, and resistance in Nepal Mahendra Lawoti; 5. Constitutionalism and extra-constitutionalism in Pakistan Mohammad Waseem; 6. The judicialization of politics in Pakistan: the Supreme Court after the lawyers' movement Osama Siddique; 7. Elections in 'democratic' Bangladesh M. Jashim Ali Chowdhury; Part III. Reactions and Responses to Instability: 8. The Indian Supreme Court and the art of democratic positioning Pratap Bhanu Mehta; 9. The judicialization of politics in Bangladesh: pragmatism, legitimacy, and consequences Ridwanul Hoque; 10. Debating federalism in Sri Lanka and Nepal Rohan Edrisinha; 11. Constitutional form and reform in post-war Sri Lanka: towards a plurinational understanding Asanga Welikala; 12. Constitutional federalism in the Indian Supreme Court Sudhir Krishnaswamy.
Contributor Bio: Tushnet, Mark Mark Tushnet is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. His important works in the field of comparative constitutional law include Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law (2014), The Routledge Handbook of Constitutional Law (co-edited, 2012) and the leading handbook, Weak Courts, Strong Rights: Judicial Review and Social Welfare Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law (2009). Contributor Bio: Khosla, Madhav Madhav Khosla is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Government at Harvard University. He is the author of The Indian Constitution (2012) and is currently co-editing the Oxford Handbook of Indian Constitutional Law.
| Mídia | Livros Hardcover Book (Livro com lombada e capa dura) |
| Lançado | 17 de setembro de 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107068957 |
| Editoras | Cambridge University Press |
| Páginas | 414 |
| Dimensões | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 720 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |
| Editor | Khosla, Madhav (Harvard University, Massachusetts) |
| Editor | Tushnet, Mark (Harvard Law School, Massachusetts) |
