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Asian comparative constitutional law : volume 2: Constitutional amendments / Edited by Ngoc Son Bui, Mara Malagodi. - xlii, 469 pages 24 cm

v. 2
1. Introduction, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK) -
Part I: East Asia -
2. Constitutional Amendment in Japan - 'Unfeasible' Amendments versus 'Unnoticed' Amendments, Akiko Ejima (Meiji University, Japan) -
3. From Political Pact to People's Document: Constitutional Amendments in South Korea, Jeong-In Yun (Korea University) -
4. Amendments of the Socialist Constitution of Kim Jong-un Regime in North Korea, Jeong Won Park (Kookmin University, South Korea) -
5. Legal Regulations for Amendments to the Constitution of Mongolia and Practical Application, Gunbileg Boldbaatar (National University of Mongolia) -
6. Constitutional Amendments in the People's Republic of China, Ryan Martínez Mitchell (Chinese University of Hong Kong) -
7. Law and Politics of the Constitutional Amendments in Taiwan, Chien-Chih Lin (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) -
8. Amending the Hong Kong Basic Law: Within and Outside the Rules, Pui-Yin Lo (University of Hong Kong) -
Part II: Southeast Asia -
9. The Dynamics of Constitutional Amendment in Malaysia, Andrew Harding (National University of Singapore) -
10. The Quest for 'More Perfect Forms of Government' in Singapore: Role of Constitutional Amendments in Institutional Design and the Management of Political Change, Eugene KB Tan (Singapore Management University) -
11. Constitutional Amendment in Myanmar: Constitutional Change and the Trajectory of Political Transition, Jonathan Liljeblad (Australian National University) -
12. Parrying Amendments: The Philippines' Multi-Tiered System of Constitutional Change, Bryan Dennis Gabito Tiojanco (University of Tokyo, Japan) and Paolo S Tamase (University of the Philippines) -
13. Between Sacred and a Hard Place: Amendment Rules in Indonesia's 1945 Constitution, Abdurrachman Satrio (Universitas Trisakti, Indonesia) -
14. Thailand's 2017 Constitution: Constitutional Amendment in the Binary-Star Scenario, Rawin Leelapatana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) -
15. From Post-Conflict Coalitions to Regime Consolidation: Constitutional Amendments in Cambodia, Ben Lawrence (National University of Singapore) -
Part III: South Asia -
16. The Struggle of Constitutional Amendments in India, Sarbani Sen (Jindal Global Law School, India) -
17. Amendment Rules, Politics and Debates in Bangladesh, Jashim Ali Chowdhury (University of Hull, UK) -
18. The Law and Politics of Constitutional Amendment in Sri Lanka, Mario Gomez (International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka) -
Part IV: Theory and Comparison -
19. Constitutional Amendments in Asia: A Contextual Approach to Comparison, Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick, UK) -
20. Comparative Constitutional Amendment in Asia, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK).

This is the second in a 4-volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in Asian jurisdictions.

Volume 2 looks at constitutional amendments and offers answers to questions about the formal rules for amending the constitution such as:
- Who initiates an amendment proposal?
- How is the amendment proposal adopted?
- How are the amendments codified?
and the neo-institutional questions regarding amendment practices such as:
- Why is the constitution amended?
- Who engages in the amendment process?
- How does the amendment affect the political system and the society?

Volume 2 covers 17 Asian jurisdictions including: Bangladesh, Cambodia, mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.

ISBN: 9781509949731

LCCN: 2023930430

Dewey Class. No.: 342.5105