Constitutional Foundings in South Asia

Constitutional Foundings in South Asia

Edited by Kevin YL Tan and Ridwanul Hoqu

This volume addresses the idea of origins, how things are formed, and how they relate to their present and future in terms of ‘constitution-making’ which is a continuous process in South Asian states. It examines the drafting, nature, core values and roles of the first modern constitutions during the founding of the eight modern nation-states in South Asia.

The book looks at the constitutions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It provides an explanatory description of the process and substantive inputs in the making of the first constitutions of these nations; it sets out to analyse the internal and external (including intra-regional) forces surrounding the making of these constitutions; and it sets out theoretical constructions of models to conceptualise the nature and role of the first constitutions (including constituent documents) in the founding of the modern nation-states and their subsequent impact on state-building in the region.

Kevin YL Tan is Adjunct Professor at both the Faculty of Law, National University ofSingapore and the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University.

Ridwanul Hoque is Professor of Law at the University of Dhaka and University Fellow at Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Australia.

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