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Informationen zum Autor Kevin YL Tan is a leading scholar of Singapore's constitution and has written and edited over 30 books on the law, politics and history of Singapore. He is currently Adjunct Professor at both the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. He is also Executive Editor of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law and Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Yearbook of International Law . Ridwanul Hoque is Professor of Law at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and University Fellow at Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Australia. Zusammenfassung This volume addresses the idea of origins, how things are formed, and how they relate to their present and future in terms of ‘constitution-making’ which is a continuous process in South Asian states. It examines the drafting, nature, core values and roles of the first modern constitutions during the founding of the eight modern nation-states in South Asia. The book looks at the constitutions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It provides an explanatory description of the process and substantive inputs in the making of the first constitutions of these nations; it sets out to analyse the internal and external (including intra-regional) forces surrounding the making of these constitutions; and it sets out theoretical constructions of models to conceptualise the nature and role of the first constitutions (including constituent documents) in the founding of the modern nation-states and their subsequent impact on state-building in the region. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. South Asian Constitutional Foundings: Beyond History Kevin YL Tan, National University of Singapore and Ridwanul Hoque, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Introduction I. Why this Book? II. Constitutional History Matters A. Constitutional Foundings B. Conditions and Functions of Constitutional Foundings III. Factors Impacting Constitutional Foundings A. Internal Factors B. Local Politics C. Socio-Economic Conditions D. External Factors IV. The Legacies of Constitutional Foundings V. A Note of Acknowledgement 2. India’s Constitutional Founding: An Enduring but Mixed Legacy Arun K Thiruvengadam, Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India Introduction I. Constitutional Developments in Pre-Modern India and During the Colonial Period (1550–1947) A. The Mughals and the East India Company (1550–1857) B. The British Raj and Colonial Forms of Constitutional Government (1858–1947): A Bird’s Eye View C. The Nationalist Movement and the Build-up of Attempts at Constitution-Making (1885–1947): A Worm’s Eye View II. Crafting a Constitution for Independent India: The Work of the Constituent Assembly (1946–1949) A. Background and Origin of the Constituent Assembly B. The Ambient Atmosphere of Constitution-Making C. Processes, Modes of Functioning, and Stages of Constitution-Making in the Constituent Assembly D. A Survey of Important Provisions and Themes in the Text III. Brief Analysis of Evolution of the Post-Independence Constitutional Order (1947–2019) 3. From Nation to State: Constitutional Founding in Pakistan Sadaf Aziz, Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law, Pakistan and Moeen Cheema, ANU College of Law, Australia Introduction I. Constituent Assemblies as the Site of Constitutional Drafting II. Inchoate Visions of Nationhood III. Competing Visions of Statehood IV. Compromise(d) Constitutionalism V. Conclusion 4. The Founding and Making of Bangladesh’s Constitution Ridwanul Hoque, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Introduction I. The Emergence of Bangladesh A. Bangladesh and the 1947 Partition of British India B. Bangladesh as Part of Pakistan (1947 to 1971): The Pre-independence Years of Constitut...
