Gender, Sexuality and Constitutionalism in Asia

Wen-Chen Chang, Kelley Loper, Mara Malagodi & Ruth Rubio-Marin (eds)

National Taiwan University College of Law, University of Hong Kong, University of Warwick & University of Sevilla

Gender, Sexuality and Constitutionalism in Asia

Edited by Wen-Chen Chang, Kelley Loper, Mara Malagodi and Ruth Rubio-Marín

This book analyses the equal citizenship claims of women and sexual and gender diverse people across several Asian jurisdictions. Leading comparative constitutional law scholars identify ‘opportunity structures’ to explain the uneven advancement of gender equality through constitutional litigation and consider a combination of variables which shape the diverging trajectories of the jurisdictions in this study. The authors also embed the relevant constitutional and legal developments in their historical, political and social contexts.

The chapters cover East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea), South-East Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia), and South Asia (India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka).

Wen-Chen Chang is Distinguished Professor of National Taiwan University College of Law and Joint-Appointment Professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law, Taiwan.

Kelley Loper is Associate Professor and Director of the LLM in Human Rights Programme in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Mara Malagodi is Reader in Law at the School of Law, University of Warwick, UK.

Ruth Rubio-Marín is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Sevilla, Spain, and Adjunct Professor at the School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy.