Constitutional Resilience in South Asia

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Swati Jhaveri (Melbourne Law School, Australia) Tarunabh Khaitan (London School of Economics, UK)

Constitutional Resilience in South Asia

Swati Jhaveri (Melbourne Law School, Australia), Tarunabh Khaitan (London School of Economics, UK), Dinesha Samararatne (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)

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Hart Publishing
28 November 2024

Comparative law; Constitutional & administrative law; Law: study & revision guides

South Asia has had a tumultuous and varied experience with constitutional democracy that predates the recent rise in populism (and its study) in established democracies. And yet, this region has remained largely ignored by constitutional studies and democracy scholars.

This book addresses this gap and presents a contribution to the South Asia-centric literature on the topic of the stability and resilience of constitutional democracies. Chapters deal not only with relatively well known South Asian countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, but also with countries often ignored by scholars, such as Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, and Afghanistan.

The contributions consider the design and functioning of an array of institutions and actors, including political parties, legislatures, the political executive, the bureaucracy, courts, fourth branch / guarantor

institutions (such as electoral commissions), the people, and the military to examine their roles in strengthening or undermining constitutional democracy across South Asia.

Each chapter offers a contextual and jurisdictionally-tethered account of the causes behind the erosion of constitutional democracy, and some examine the resilience of constitutional institutions against democratic erosion.

Edited by: Swati Jhaveri (Melbourne Law School Australia), Tarunabh Khaitan (London School of Economics, UK), Dinesha Samararatne (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781509948895
ISBN 10: 1509948899
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 28 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Swati Jhaveri is an Associate Fellow of the Asian Law Centre at the Melbourne Law School, Australia. Tarunabh Khaitan is Professor (Chair) of Public Law at the LSE Law School, UK, and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School, Australia. Dinesha Samararatne is Professor in the Department of Public & International Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo and a Senior Research Associate of the Laureate Programme in Comparative Constitutional Law, Melbourne Law School, Australia.

Reviews for Constitutional Resilience in South Asia

A revolutionary project … With this collection, we see not only the editors’ intentions mapped as regards pushing both the field and the community forward, but a major step in converting them into reality in what will be a generational project. * Indian Law Review *