Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law -

Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law

Buch | Hardcover
300 Seiten
2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-28604-6 (ISBN)
118,45 inkl. MwSt
Filling a gap in the fields of comparative law, religious studies, and political science, this is the first comprehensive account of Buddhism's complex entanglement with constitutional law, written by experts from across Asia and beyond.
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.

Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Professor of International Law at the University of Chicago and a Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation. Benjamin Schonthal is Professor of Buddhist Studies and Head of the Religion Programme at the University of Otago, where he also Co-directs the Otago Centre for Law and Society.

1. Introduction: mapping the Buddhist-constitutional complex in Asia Tom Ginsburg and Benjamin Schonthal; Part I. Religious and Political Underpinnings: 2. Buddhism and constitutionalism in precolonial Southeast Asia D. Christian Lammerts; 3. Theorizing constitutionalism in Buddhist-dominant Asian polities Asanga Welikala; Part II. The Himalayas: 4. The Zhabdrung's legacy: Buddhism and constitutional transformation in Bhutan Richard W. Whitecross; 5. The 'trick of law': the hermeneutics of Early Buddhist law in Tibet Martin A. Mills; 6. Tibetan Buddhist monastic constitutional law and governmental constitutional law: mutual influences? Berthe Jansen; Part III. South and Southeast Asia: 7. Guardians of the law: Sinhala language and Buddhist reformation in post-war Sri Lanka Krishantha Fedricks; 8. Thai constitutions as a battle ground for political authority: Barami versus 'vox populi' Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang; 9. Establishing the king as the source of the constitution: shifting 'bricolaged' narratives of Buddhist kingship from Siam to Thailand Eugénie Mérieau; 10. Buddhist constitutionalism beyond constitutional law: Buddhist statecraft and military ideology in Myanmar Iselin Frydenlund; 11. Reconstituting the divided Sangha: Buddhist authority in post-conflict Cambodia Benjamin Lawrence; Part IV. North and Northeast Asia: 12. Constitutional Buddhism: Japanese Buddhists and constitutional law Levi McLaughlin; 13. Governing Buddhism in Vietnam Bui Ngoc Son; 14. The Buddhist Association of China and constitutional law in Buddhist majority nations: the international channels of influence André Laliberté; 15. Governing 'Lamaism' on the 'frontier': Buddhism and law in early twentieth century Inner Mongolia Daigengna Duoer; 16. Buddhist constitutional battlegrounds: using the courts to litigate monastic celibacy in South Korea (1955–1970) Mark A. Nathan; Part V. Comparative Perspectives: 17. On the familiar pleasures of estrangement Deepa Das Acevedo; 18. Buddhism and constitutionalism: a comparison with the canon law Richard H. Helmholz; 19. Islam and constitutional law Clark Lombardi.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 157 x 237 mm
Gewicht 730 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Öffentliches Recht
ISBN-10 1-009-28604-8 / 1009286048
ISBN-13 978-1-009-28604-6 / 9781009286046
Zustand Neuware
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