Contributions of Volume I - Constitution-Making
This volume makes the following contributions to the scholarship on constitutionmaking.
First, this volume locates Asia within comparative scholarship on constitutionmaking.
Constitution-making has recently become a central theme in comparative constitutional law. More than 100 constitutions were made in the last three decades, which provides the empirical base for comparative study.The issue of constitution-making is included in major works on comparative constitutional law. Constitution-making is the subject of collections and monographs.[4] This volume contributes to the growing scholarship on comparative constitution-making. It locates Asia within comparative debates in constitutionmaking on familiar topics, such as revolution and constitution-making, constituent power, public participation in constitution-making, and international involvement in constitution-making.
Second, this book contributes to the global knowledge about constitutionmaking by exploring Asian cases. Constitution-making in Asia is highly dynamic. The decolonisation process led to the enactment of numerous independent constitutions in Asia. In addition, due to the impact of globalisation and local socio-political dynamics, many Asian countries have recently made new constitutions, such as Vietnam's 2013 Constitution, Nepal's 2015 Constitution, and Thailand's 2017 Constitution. This volume explores this rich experience of constitution-making in Asia, which contributes to the general empirical knowledge of constitution-making.
Third, this book expands substantive and jurisdictional scope in the study of constitution-making in Asia. Existing scholarship provides useful knowledge on Asian constitution-making.[5] However, this body of scholarship only deals with some specific aspects of Asian constitution-making, such as participation, politics, and constitutional advice. The substantive scope, is therefore, not comprehensive. In addition, several Asian jurisdictions (such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong) have been under-explored in the scholarship on Asian constitution-making. The jurisdictional scope is, therefore, incomplete. This covers major substantive topics in constitution-making and 19 Asian jurisdictions.
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