Benjamin Schonthal (New Zealand University of Otago)

Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examining Sri Lanka's religious and legal pasts, this is the first extended study of Buddhism and constitutional law.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9781107152236
• ISBN-10: 1107152232
• Artikelnr.: 45572174

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Schonthal is Senior Lecturer in Buddhism and Asian Religions at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He received his Ph.D. in the field of history of religions at the University of Chicago. His research examines the intersection of religion, law and politics in South and Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on Buddhism.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Commonly used abbreviations
A note on translation and language
1. Introduction: religion, law and the pyrrhic constitutionalism of Sri Lanka
Part I. The Past Lives of the Buddhism Chapter: 2. Managing religion at the end of empire
3. Contesting constitutions in the 1950s and 1960s
4. Multivalent solutions: drafting the Buddhism chapter
Part II. From Creation to Implementation: 5. Legal battles for Buddhism
6. Battles within Buddhism
7. Constitutional conversions
8. Conclusion: the costs of constitutional law
References
Index.