TY  - BOOK
TI  - Constitution-making in Asia : : decolonisation and state-building in the aftermath of the British Empire
SN  - 9780415734585
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Routledge, 
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - South Asia
KW  - English influences
KW  - Constitutional history
N1  - List of contributors --
Preface --
1 Eastminster-decolonisation and state-building in --
British Asia --
H. KUMARASINGHAM --
2 British constitutional thought and the emergence of bills of --
rights in Britain's overseas territories in Asia at --
decolonisation --
CHARLES O. H. PARKINSON --
3 Discretionary reserve powers of heads of state --
ANNE TWOMEY --
4 A British misreading: Sir Ivor Jennings' early assessment of --
the Indian constitution --
SHUBHANKAR DAM --
5 Pakistan's first decade: democracy and constitution --
a historical appraisal of centralisation --
TAHIR KAMRAN --
6. 'Specialist in omniscience"? Nationalism, constitutionalism, --
and Sir Ivor Jennings' engagement with Ceylon --
ASANGA WELIKALA --
7 Constitutionalism and the politics of constitution-making in --
Malaya, 1956-1957 --
JOSEPH M. FERNANDO
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