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Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law
Author Ginsburg, Tom (編) ; Schonthal, Benjamin (編)
Date2022.12
Pages384
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publisher Url https://www.cambridge.org/
LocationCambridge, UK [劍橋, 英國]
SeriesComparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor Affiliation: Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago, USA; Benjamin Schonthal, University of Otago, New Zealand.
AbstractBuddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law offers the first comprehensive account of the entanglements of Buddhism and constitutional law in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of experts, the volume offers a complex portrait of "the Buddhist-constitutional complex," demonstrating the intricate and powerful ways in which Buddhist and constitutional ideas merged, interacted and co-evolved. The authors also highlight the important ways in which Buddhist actors have (re)conceived Western liberal ideals such as constitutionalism, rule of law, and secularism. Available Open Access on Cambridge Core, this trans-disciplinary volume is written to be accessible to a non-specialist audience.
Table of contentsList of Contributors xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Notes on Transliteration and Language xix
1. Introduction: mapping the Buddhist-constitutional complex in Asia Tom Ginsburg and Benjamin Schonthal 1

Part I. Religious and Political Underpinnings:
2. Buddhism and constitutionalism in precolonial Southeast Asia D. Christian Lammerts 35
3. Theorizing constitutionalism in Buddhist-dominant Asian polities Asanga Welikala 57

Part II. The Himalayas:
4. The Zhabdrung's legacy: Buddhism and constitutional transformation in Bhutan Richard W. Whitecross 73
5. The 'trick of law': the hermeneutics of Early Buddhist law in Tibet Martin A. Mills 99
6. Tibetan Buddhist monastic constitutional law and governmental constitutional law: mutual influences? Berthe Jansen 124

Part III. South and Southeast Asia:
7. Guardians of the law: Sinhala language and Buddhist reformation in post-war Sri Lanka Krishantha Fedricks 143
8. Thai constitutions as a battle ground for political authority: Barami versus 'vox populi' Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang 161
9. Establishing the king as the source of the constitution: shifting 'bricolaged' narratives of Buddhist kingship from Siam to Thailand Eugénie Mérieau 181
10. Buddhist constitutionalism beyond constitutional law: Buddhist statecraft and military ideology in Myanmar Iselin Frydenlund 198
11. Reconstituting the divided Sangha: Buddhist authority in post-conflict Cambodia Benjamin Lawrence 220

Part IV. North and Northeast Asia:
12. Constitutional Buddhism: Japanese Buddhists and constitutional law Levi McLaughlin 241
13. Governing Buddhism in Vietnam Bui Ngoc Son 272
14. The Buddhist Association of China and constitutional law in Buddhist majority nations: the international channels of influence André Laliberté 285
15. Governing 'Lamaism' on the 'frontier': Buddhism and law in early twentieth century Inner Mongolia Daigengna Duoer 305
16. Buddhist constitutional battlegrounds: using the courts to litigate monastic celibacy in South Korea (1955–1970) Mark A. Nathan 325

Part V. Comparative Perspectives:
17. On the familiar pleasures of estrangement Deepa Das Acevedo 345
18. Buddhism and constitutionalism: a comparison with the canon law Richard H. Helmholz 354
19. Islam and constitutional law Clark Lombardi 360
ISBN9781009286060 (eb); 1009286064 (eb); 9781009286046 (hc); 9781009286022 (eb); 1009286048 (hc); 9781009286053 (pbk)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009286022
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