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Comparative constitutionalism in South Asia

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2013Description: 401p xiISBN:
  • 9780199466603
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.020000 KHI-5
Contents:
Table of contents Preface; Introduction: Reviving South Asian Comparative Constitutionalism Sunil Khilnani, Vikram Raghavan, and Arun Thiruvengadam ; 1. Modelling Optimal Constitutional Design for Government Structures: Some Debutant Remarks Upendra Baxi; 2. How to Do Comparative Constitutional Law in India: Naz Foundation, Same Sex Rights, and Dialogical Interpretation Sujit Choudhry; 3. Constitutional Developments in a Himalayan Kingdom: The Experience of Nepal Mara Malagodi; 4. Separating Religion and Politics? Buddhism and the Bhutanese Constitution Richard W. Whitecross; 5. The Democratic State and Religious Pluralism: Comparative Constitutionalism and Constitutional Experiences of Sri Lanka Deepika Udagama; 6. Constitutional Borrowing in South Asia: India, Sri Lanka, and Secular Constitutional Identity Gary J. Jacabson and Shylashri Shankar; 7. Inheritance Unbound: The Politics of Personal Law Reform in Pakistan and India Matthew J. Nelson; 8. Religious Freedom in India and Pakistan: The Matter of Conversion John H. Mansfield; 9. Pilates Paramount Duty: Constitutional Reasonableness and the Restriction of Freedom of Expression and Assembly T. John ODowd; 10. Constitutionalism and the Judiciary on Bangladesh Ridwanul Hoque; 11. Revisiting The Role of the Judiciary in Plural Societies (1987): A Quarter-Century Retrospective on Public Interest Litigation in India and the Global South Arun K. Thiruvengadam; Afterword by Michael Kirby; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
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Table of contents
Preface;
Introduction:
Reviving South Asian Comparative Constitutionalism Sunil Khilnani, Vikram Raghavan, and Arun Thiruvengadam ; 1. Modelling Optimal Constitutional Design for Government Structures: Some Debutant Remarks Upendra Baxi;
2. How to Do Comparative Constitutional Law in India: Naz Foundation, Same Sex Rights, and Dialogical
Interpretation Sujit Choudhry;
3. Constitutional Developments in a Himalayan Kingdom: The Experience of Nepal Mara Malagodi;
4. Separating Religion and Politics? Buddhism and the Bhutanese Constitution
Richard W. Whitecross;
5. The Democratic State and Religious Pluralism: Comparative Constitutionalism and Constitutional Experiences of Sri Lanka Deepika Udagama;
6. Constitutional Borrowing in South Asia: India, Sri Lanka, and Secular Constitutional Identity Gary J. Jacabson and Shylashri Shankar;
7. Inheritance Unbound: The Politics of Personal Law Reform in Pakistan and India Matthew J. Nelson;
8. Religious Freedom in India and Pakistan: The Matter of Conversion John H. Mansfield;
9. Pilates Paramount Duty: Constitutional Reasonableness and the Restriction of Freedom of Expression and Assembly T. John ODowd;
10. Constitutionalism and the Judiciary on Bangladesh Ridwanul Hoque;
11. Revisiting The Role of the Judiciary in Plural Societies (1987): A Quarter-Century Retrospective on Public Interest Litigation in India and the Global South Arun K. Thiruvengadam;
Afterword by Michael Kirby;
Index; About the Editors and Contributors