The Law and Politics of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in Asia

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Unconstitutional constitutional amendments as constitutional politics
Part I Discursive model
	Chapter 2 The politics of unconstitutional constitutional amendments in Japan: The case of the pacifist Article 9
	Chapter 3 “State form” in the theory and practice of constitutional change in modern China
	Chapter 4 Unconstitutional constitution in Vietnamese discourse
Part II Denotive model
	Chapter 5 The law and politics of unconstitutional constitutional amendments in Malaysia
	Chapter 6 Amending constitutional standards of parliamentary piety in Pakistan?: Political and judicial debates
	Chapter 7 Limiting constituent power?: Unconstitutional constitutional amendments and time-bound constitution making in Nepal
Part III Decisive model
	Chapter 8 Beyond unconstitutionality: The public oversight of constitutional revision in Taiwan
	Chapter 9 Thailand’s unamendability: Politics of two democracies
	Chapter 10 Constitutional politics over (un)constitutional amendments: The Indian experience
	Chapter 11 The politics of unconstitutional amendments in Bangladesh
Part IV Commentaries
	Chapter 12 The power of judicial nullification in Asia and the world
	Chapter 13 Is the “basic structure doctrine” a basic structure doctrine?
	Chapter 14 Eternity clauses as tools for exclusionary constitutional projects
	Chapter 15 Why there?: Explanatory theories and institutional features behind unconstitutional constitutional amendments in Asia
Index