Constitution making in Asia : decolonisation and state-building in the aftermath of the British Empire / edited by H. Kumarasingham.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Description
x, 211 pages ; 25 cm.

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    Editor
    Series
    Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 120. [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • "Eastminster" : decolonisation and state-building in British Asia / H. Kumarasingham
    • British constitutional thought and the emergence of bills of rights in Britain's overseas territories in Asia at decolonization / Charles O. J. Parkinson
    • Discretionary reserve powers of heads of state / Anne Twomey
    • A British misreading : Sir Ivor Jennings' early assessment of the Indian constitution / Shubhankar Dam
    • Pakistan's first decade : democracy and constitution
    • a historical appraisal of centralization / Tahir Kamran
    • "Specialist in omniscience" : nationalism, constitutionalism, and Sir Ivor Jennings' engagement with Ceylon / Asanga Welikala
    • Constitutionalism and constitution making in Malaysia, 1956-57 / Joseph M. Fernando
    • Constitution drafting as cold war realpolitik : Sir Ivor Jennings and Nepal's 1959 constitution / Mara Malagodi
    • Sir William Ivor Jennings : a centennial paper / A. W. Bradley.
    ISBN
    • 9780415734585 (hardback)
    • 0415734584 (hardback)
    LCCN
    2015039735
    OCLC
    889181657
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