Unstable constitutionalism : law and politics in South Asia

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The work Unstable constitutionalism : law and politics in South Asia represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Unstable constitutionalism : law and politics in South Asia

Title remainder

law and politics in South Asia

Statement of responsibility

edited by Mark Tushnet, Madhav Khosla

Contributor

• Khosla, Madhav
• Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-

Editor

• Khosla, Madhav
• Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-

Subject

• Law -- Political aspects -- South Asia
• Constitutional law -- South Asia

Language

eng

Summary

Although the field of constitutional law has become increasingly comparative in recent years, its geographic focus has remained limited. South Asia, despite being the site of the world's largest democracy and a vibrant if turbulent constitutionalism, is one of the important neglected regions within the field. This book remedies this lack of attention by providing a detailed examination of constitutional law and practice in five South Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Identifying a common theme of volatile change, it develops the concept of 'unstable constitutionalism', studying the sources of instability alongside reactions and responses to it. By highlighting unique theoretical and practical questions in an underrepresented region, Unstable Constitutionalism constitutes an important step toward truly global constitutional scholarship

Member of

• Comparative constitutional law and policy

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Index

index present

LC call number

KNC524

LC item number

.U57 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Comparative constitutional law and policy