Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ginsburg, Tom; Schonthal, Benjamin

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first comprehensive account of Buddhism''s complex entanglement with constitutional law, written by experts from across Asia and beyond.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009286015
• Artikelnr.: 70909252

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: mapping the Buddhist-constitutional complex in Asia Tom
Ginsburg and Benjamin Schonthal; Part I. Religious and Political
Underpinnings: 2. Buddhism and constitutionalism in precolonial Southeast
Asia D. Christian Lammerts; 3. Theorizing constitutionalism in
Buddhist-dominant Asian polities Asanga Welikala; Part II. The Himalayas:
4. The Zhabdrung's legacy: Buddhism and constitutional transformation in
Bhutan Richard W. Whitecross; 5. The 'trick of law': the hermeneutics of
Early Buddhist law in Tibet Martin A. Mills; 6. Tibetan Buddhist monastic
constitutional law and governmental constitutional law: mutual influences?
Berthe Jansen; Part III. South and Southeast Asia: 7. Guardians of the law:
Sinhala language and Buddhist reformation in post-war Sri Lanka Krishantha
Fedricks; 8. Thai constitutions as a battle ground for political authority:
Barami versus 'vox populi' Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang; 9. Establishing the
king as the source of the constitution: shifting 'bricolaged' narratives of
Buddhist kingship from Siam to Thailand Eugénie Mérieau; 10. Buddhist
constitutionalism beyond constitutional law: Buddhist statecraft and
military ideology in Myanmar Iselin Frydenlund; 11. Reconstituting the
divided Sangha: Buddhist authority in post-conflict Cambodia Benjamin
Lawrence; Part IV. North and Northeast Asia: 12. Constitutional Buddhism:
Japanese Buddhists and constitutional law Levi McLaughlin; 13. Governing
Buddhism in Vietnam Bui Ngoc Son; 14. The Buddhist Association of China and
constitutional law in Buddhist majority nations: the international channels
of influence André Laliberté; 15. Governing 'Lamaism' on the 'frontier':
Buddhism and law in early twentieth century Inner Mongolia Daigengna Duoer;
16. Buddhist constitutional battlegrounds: using the courts to litigate
monastic celibacy in South Korea (1955-1970) Mark A. Nathan; Part V.
Comparative Perspectives: 17. On the familiar pleasures of estrangement
Deepa Das Acevedo; 18. Buddhism and constitutionalism: a comparison with
the canon law Richard H. Helmholz; 19. Islam and constitutional law Clark
Lombardi.