This book explores the significance of past constitutions in Myanmar through constitutional ethnography and archival research. By tracing Myanmar's modern constitutional history, it demonstrates how people draw upon constitutional legacies from the late colonial era to the postcolonial, socialist, and military constitutional regimes.
This book explores the significance of past constitutions in Myanmar through constitutional ethnography and archival research. By tracing Myanmar's modern constitutional history, it demonstrates how people draw upon constitutional legacies from the late colonial era to the postcolonial, socialist, and military constitutional regimes.
Melissa Crouch is professor in the Faculty of Law & Justice at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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* 1: Introduction * Part I. The Palimpsest Constitution under Colonial Rule * 2: Laying the Foundations of Constitutional Legacies: War, Occupation, and Law * 3: Resisting the Legacies of Imposed Constitution-making: Codification, Martial Law, and Executive Safeguards * Part II. The Palimpsest Constitution in the Post-colony * 4: Subverting Colonial Constitutional Legacies: Independence, Social Democracy, and a Coup * 5: Contesting the Postcolonial Constitution: Religion, Federalism, and Anti-constitutional Crimes * 6: Rejecting the Postcolonial Constitution: Socialist Legality, the Party, and People's Duties * 7: Scripting New Constitutional Legacies: Military Constitution-makers, Resistance, and Reform * Part III. The Palimpsest Constitution between the Military and the Courts * 8: Coopting the Legacy of the Writs: The Supreme Court, Rights, and Judicial Independence * 9: Repurposing Legacies of Judicial Review: The Constitutional Tribunal, the Military, and the Coup * 10: Conclusion * Appendix 1: Constitutional Ethnography * Appendix 2: List of Characters
* 1: Introduction * Part I. The Palimpsest Constitution under Colonial Rule * 2: Laying the Foundations of Constitutional Legacies: War, Occupation, and Law * 3: Resisting the Legacies of Imposed Constitution-making: Codification, Martial Law, and Executive Safeguards * Part II. The Palimpsest Constitution in the Post-colony * 4: Subverting Colonial Constitutional Legacies: Independence, Social Democracy, and a Coup * 5: Contesting the Postcolonial Constitution: Religion, Federalism, and Anti-constitutional Crimes * 6: Rejecting the Postcolonial Constitution: Socialist Legality, the Party, and People's Duties * 7: Scripting New Constitutional Legacies: Military Constitution-makers, Resistance, and Reform * Part III. The Palimpsest Constitution between the Military and the Courts * 8: Coopting the Legacy of the Writs: The Supreme Court, Rights, and Judicial Independence * 9: Repurposing Legacies of Judicial Review: The Constitutional Tribunal, the Military, and the Coup * 10: Conclusion * Appendix 1: Constitutional Ethnography * Appendix 2: List of Characters
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