Constitutionalism in Southeast Asia. Volume 2. Reports on National Constitutions

Preface ................. 5
BRUNEI - Entrenching an Absolute Monarchy ................. 7
CAMBODLA - From Civil War to a Constitution to Constitutionalism? ................. 37
EAST TIMOR (TIMOR-LESTE) - Constitutional Framework for a Country in the Making ................. 69
INDONESIA - In Search for a Democratic Constitution (1943-2008) ................. 93
LAOS - A Constitution in Search of Constitutionalism ................. 123
MALAYSLA - (1937-2007) Fifty Years, Fifry Amendments and Four Principal Developments ................. 161
MYANMAR (Burma) - From Parliamentary System to Constitutionless and Constitutionalized One-Partv and Military Rule ................. 189
THE PHILIPPINES - Quezons Wish Granted ................. 211
SINGAPORE - The Indigenisation of a Westminster Import ................. 249
THAILAND - Another New Constitution as a Way Out of the Vicious Cycle? ................. 299
VIETNAM - Constitutional development in a re-united country 327
About the Authors ................. 355