Unstable constitutionalism : law and politics in South Asia / edited by Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School; Madhav Khosla, Harvard University.
2015
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Title
Unstable constitutionalism : law and politics in South Asia / edited by Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School; Madhav Khosla, Harvard University.
Published
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
KNC524 .U57 2015
ISBN
9781107068957 hardcover alkaline paper
1107068959 hardcover alkaline paper
1107068959 hardcover alkaline paper
Description
x, 403 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)900869921
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
ix
pt. I
Introduction
1.
Unstable Constitutionalism / Madhav Khosla
3
2.
How to Do Constitutional Law and Politics in South Asia / Sujit Choudhry
18
pt. II
Forms and Sources of Instability
3.
The Locus of Sovereign Authority in Nepal / Mara Malagodi
45
4.
Competing Nationhood and Constitutional Instability: Representation, Regime, and Resistance in Nepal / Mahendra Lawoti
86
5.
Constitutionalism and Extra-Constitutionalism in Pakistan / Mohammad Waseem
124
6.
The Judicialization of Politics in Pakistan: The Supreme Court after the Lawyers' Movement / Osama Siddique
159
7.
Elections in "Democratic" Bangladesh / M. Jashim Ali Chowdhury
192
pt. III
Reactions and Responses to Instability
8.
The Indian Supreme Court and the Art of Democratic Positioning / Pratap Bhanu Mehta
233
9.
The Judicialization of Politics in Bangladesh: Pragmatism, Legitimacy, and Consequences / Ridwanul Hoque
261
10.
Debating Federalism in Sri Lanka and Nepal / Rohan Edrisinha
291
11.
Constitutional Form and Reform in Postwar Sri Lanka: Towards a Plurinational Understanding / Asanga Welikala
320
12.
Constitutional Federalism in the Indian Supreme Court / Sudhir Krishnaswamy
355
Index
381