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Title Constitution making in Asia : decolonisation and state-building in the aftermath of the British Empire / edited by H. Kumarasingham
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016

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Series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia ; 30
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 30.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Eastminster -- decolonisation and state-building in British Asia; 2 British constitutional thought and the emergence of bills of rights in Britain's overseas territories in Asia at decolonisation; 3 Discretionary reserve powers of heads of state; 4 A British misreading: Sir Ivor Jennings' early assessment of the Indian constitution; 5 Pakistan's first decade: Democracy and constitution -- a historical appraisal of centralisation
6 'Specialist in omniscience'? Nationalism, constitutionalism, and Sir Ivor Jennings' engagement with Ceylon7 Constitutionalism and the politics of constitution-making in Malaya, 1956-1957; 8 Constitution drafting as Cold War realpolitik: Sir Ivor Jennings and Nepal's 1959 constitution; 9 Sir William Ivor Jennings: a centennial paper; Select bibliography; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Jennings, Ivor, Sir, 1903-1965 -- Influence
SUBJECT Jennings, Ivor, Sir, 1903-1965 fast
Subject Constitutional history -- South Asia
Constitutional law -- South Asia -- English influences
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Constitutional history
Constitutional law -- English influences
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
South Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Kumarasingham, Harshan, 1979- editor.
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