2. Benjamin Schonthal University of Otago, New Zealand.
摘要
Buddhism 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.
目次
Introduction : mapping the Buddhist-Constitutional Complex in Asia 1 Part I Religious and Political Underpinnings Buddhism and constitutionalism in precolonial Southeast Asia 35 Theorizing constitutionalism in Buddhist-dominant Asian polities 57 Part II Himalayan Asia The Zhabdrung's legacy : Buddhism and constitutional transformation in Bhutan 73 The "trick of law" : the hermeneutics of early Buddhist Law in Tibet 99 Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Constitutional Law and Governmental Constitutional Law : mutual influences? 124 Part III Southern Asia Guardians of the law : Sinhala language and Buddhist reformation in post-war Sri Lanka 143 Thai constitutions as a battle ground for political authority : Barami versus 'Vox Populi' 161 Establishing the king as the source of the Constitution : shifting 'bricolaged' narratives of Buddhist kingship from Siam to Thailand 181 Buddhist constitutionalism beyond constitutional law : Buddhist statecraft and military ideology in Myanmar 198 Reconstituting the divided Sangha : Buddhist authority in post-conflict Cambodia 220 Part IV Northern and Northeastern Asia Constitutional Buddhism : Japanese Buddhists and Constitutional Law 241 Governing Buddhism in Vietnam 272 The Buddhist Association of China and Constitutional Law in Buddhist Majority Nations : the international channels of influence 285 Governing "lamaism" on the "frontier" : Buddhism and law in early twentieth century Inner Mongolia 305 Buddhist constitutional battlegrounds : using the courts to litigate Monastic Celibacy in South Korea (1955-1970) 325 Part V Comparative Perspectives On the familiar pleasures of estrangement 345 Buddhism and constitutionalism : a comparison with the Canon Law 354 Islam and Constitutional Law 360
