Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 3, Gebunden

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This is the third in a four volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in Asia.

Volume 3 looks at the both the formal and functional aspects of constitutional structure in 18 Asian jurisdictions.

It considers formal aspects such as;

• legislative-executive relations
• the court system
• constitutional review (including specialist, ordinary judicial review, and non-judicial institutions of constitutional review);
• central-local relations and federalism;
• the role of the political parties;
• the role of the military; and
• independent institutions, such as audit, election, and anti-corruption institutions.

It also answers questions about functional aspects of constitutional structure including;

• How do these structural institutions work in practice?
• What are the factors, such as political dynamics, local culture, ethnic diversity, and social structure, influence their operation?

The jurisdictions covered are: Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand.