Pluralist Constitutions in Southeast Asia
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| Anteprima |
This
book examines the presence of ethnic, religious, political, and
ideational pluralities in Southeast Asian societies and how their
respective constitutions respond to these pluralities. Countries covered
in this book are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,
the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The chapters examine:
first, the range of pluralist constitutional values and ideas embodied
in the constitutions; secondly, the pluralist sources of constitutional
norms; thirdly, the design of constitutional structures responding to
various pluralities; and fourthly, the construction and interpretation
of bills of rights in response to existing pluralities. The 'pluralist
constitution' is thus one that recognises internal pluralities within
society and makes arrangements to accommodate, rather than eliminate,
these pluralities.
