Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 3

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Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 3 is written by Ngoc Son Bui and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1509949798 (ISBN 10) and 9781509949793 (ISBN 13).

This is the third in a four-volume set that provides the definitive account of the major issues of comparative constitutional law in Asia. Volume 3 looks at the both the formal and functional aspects of constitutional structure in 18 Asian jurisdictions. It considers formal aspects such as: - legislative-executive relations; - the court system; - constitutional review (including specialist, ordinary judicial review, and non-judicial institutions of constitutional review); - central-local relations and federalism; - the role of the political parties; - the role of the military; and - independent institutions, such as audit, election, and anti-corruption institutions. It also answers questions about functional aspects of constitutional structure including: - How do these structural institutions work in practice? - What are the factors, such as political dynamics, local culture, ethnic diversity, and social structure, influence their operation? The jurisdictions covered are: Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.