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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-68774-5 - Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century Edited by Albert H.Y. Chen Index More information Index abode, right of, 122, 172–3, 185 Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal, 27, 295–304, 306, absolute state immunity, 176 311–18, 321 abuse of discretion, doctrine of, 69–70 Asian Development Bank, 156 accountability, 16, 78, 142, 160–1, 164–8, 200, Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), 135, 313–14 156 achievement of constitutionalism, 2–4, 7, 11, Asian values, 3, 33–4, 45–8, 51, 413 14–31 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum, 156 activism aspirations, 2, 30–1, 202, 212, 328, 346, 372 constitutional, 16–18 morality of, 2, 14, 30 judicial, 26, 68, 363 assembly, 89–91, 221–2, 231–2, 234, 236–8, 241 adjudication, constitutional, 88, 143–5, 157, 168, freedom of, 89–91, 298, 301 397 peaceful, 99, 182 administration of justice, 103, 248, 289–90, 344, assets, 105, 237, 313, 318–19, 361 364 association, 15, 89, 99, 109, 114, 133, 363–4 AFPFL (Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League), audit, 79, 85, 371 24, 220 Aung San, 220 Africa, 1, 6–8, 10–11, 22, 42, 395 Aung San Suu Kyi, 24–5, 220–2, 226–9 Ahmadiyah, 340 Australia, 292, 405 allegiance, 226, 311–12, 402, 408 autarky, 112, 116 Alliance Party, 245, 262–3 authoritarian constitutionalism, 35 Amyotha Hluttaw, 225–8 authoritarianism, 11, 14, 17–19, 21, 37–8, 151, 413 Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League (AFPFL), authority, 61, 104, 109–11, 114, 124, 326–8, 24, 220 200–2 Anwar Ibrahim, 244, 259 constitutional, 17, 374 APEC (Asian Pacific Economic Co-operation), public, 117, 140, 183, 300, 358 135 autonomous regions, 125 apostasy, 261, 264 autonomy, 85, 112, 169, 177–9, 188, 191–2, 309 appointments, 64, 150, 201, 240, 306, 316, 375 high degree of, 169, 177, 190 judicial, 167, 247, 316 internal, 173, 179, 190 midnight, 306, 316, 318 local, 85, 373 Aquino, Benigno III, 295, 313, 316–17, 321 Azlan Shah, Sultan, 252 Aquino, Corazon, 27, 297, 303, 313 armed forces/armies, 58, 64, 111, 114, 225–7, 239–42, backward classes of citizens, 353–4 377–8 backward regions, 377, 380 armies, integration of, 376, 383, 386 Badawi administration, 248, 269 arrest, 105, 285, 301, 327, 361, 365 Bangkok, 24, 236, 238, 241 house, 25, 224, 228 bank deposits, 318–19 warrantless, 299–301 bao hien, 209 416 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-68774-5 - Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century Edited by Albert H.Y. Chen Index More information Index 417 Barisan Nasional see BN. drafting, 223–5 Basic Law, 22, 119, 131, 170–80, 186–92, 208 NLD (National League for Democracy), 24, basic rights, 7, 78–9, 84, 387 222, 228–9 beliefs, 68, 98, 332–3, 339–41, 346, 371–2 NUP (National Unity Party), 222, 228 religious, 69, 102, 284, 310 post-independence, 221–3 Bell, Gary, 331–2 presidency, 226 benign discrimination, 87 Saw Maung, 222–3 Bersih 2.0, 255, 259 SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration betrayal of public trust, 314, 318 Council), 222–3 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 349 SPDC (State Planning and Development Bhumibol, King, 236, 239 Council), 224–5, 227–8 bias, 187, 249, 254, 286, 289 Supreme Court, 227 bicameral parliaments, 221, 245, 314, 327 Than Shwe, 223–4, 228 bills of rights, 7, 56, 78–9, 159, 183–5, 295, 299 Thein Sein, 228–9 Birendra, King, 29, 368 USDA (Union Solidarity and Development birth certificates, 307–8, 339 Association), 228 BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), 349 USDP (Union Solidarity and Development BN (Barisan Nasional), 25, 244–5, 252, 256, Party), 228 259–60, 267, 269 Burmese Revolutionary Council (BRC), 221 Bommai case, 345–7 Burmese Socialist Programme Party (BSPP), 222 bourgeois democracy, 369 business elites, 98 boycotts, 147, 364 businesses, 98, 105–7, 112, 135–6, 156, 268, 277 Brahmins, 367–9, 372, 387 businessmen, 341, 361 branches of government see also executive branch; by-elections, 25, 190, 229 legislative branch, 41, 67, 150, 186, 319, 324 BRC (Burmese Revolutionary Council), 221 Cabinet Legislation Bureau see CLB. bribery, 95, 303, 314, 351, 360 Cambodia, 3, 17, 23, 219, 229–34, 242–3 British colonial rule, 22, 244, 255 1991 peace accord, 231–2 British constitutional traditions, 29, 346 1993 constitution, 231–2 British-style parliamentary system, 24–5 1997 coup d’e´tat, 232–3 BSPP (Burmese Socialist Programme Party) 222 colony to kingdom, 229–30 Buddhism, 221, 338 constitution in twenty-first century, 233–4 budgets, 103, 127, 271, 281, 378 FUNCINPEC, 231–2, 234 bureaucracy, 13, 202, 221 human rights, 231 bureaucrats, 60–1, 63, 98, 361 Hun Sen, 23, 31, 230–2, 234, 242 Burma, 24–5, 219–29, 242–3 Khmer Rouge, 23, 230–2 2010 elections, 227–9 Ranariddh, Prince, 231–2, 242 Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League Sihanouk, Prince/King Norodom, 23, 230–3, (AFPFL), 24, 220 243 Aung San, 220 Throne Council, 233 Aung San Suu Kyi, 24–5, 220–2, 226–9 Cambodian People’s Party see CPP. Chief Justice, 227 campaigning, 189, 335 colony to Union, 220–1 Canada, 292, 404 executive branch, 226–7 candidates, 13, 83, 190–2, 204, 226, 325–7, 335–6 Hluttaws see Hluttaws. potential, 271, 277 House of Representatives presidential, 82, 329 see Pyithu Hluttaw. capital punishment, 87 judicial branch, 227 capitals, 80, 103, 128–30, 206, 388 judicial review, 228 caste, 348, 368–70, 372–3, 379 legislative branch, 225 CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation), 362 military junta, 219, 223, 228, 242 CCP (Chinese Communist Party), 20, 38, 41, 120 Ne Win, 221–3 CEDAW see Convention on Elimination of All new constitution Forms of Discrimination against Women. distinctive features, 225–7 censorship, 89, 228, 333 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-68774-5 - Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century Edited by Albert H.Y. Chen Index More information 418 Index Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), 362 Chinese Communist Party see CCP. central government, China, 125, 135–7, 140, 172, Choi Si Joong, 96–7 174, 176–80, 188–93 Chuan Leekpai, 236, 238 Central People’s Committee see CPC. citizens, duties of, 103, 107 central people’s government see China, central citizenship, 120, 257, 311–12, 388 government. new, 311–12 ceremonial purposes, 262–3, 347 civic education, 382, 385 checks and balances, 27, 104, 296, 299 civic engagement, 166–8 Chhetris, 367–9, 372 civil liberties, 9, 20–2, 25–6, 28, 31, 235–7, 300 chief executive, 22, 131–2, 174–5, 177, 188–92, 316 civil service, 24, 261, 317 chief justices civil society, 19, 21–2, 77–8, 154, 160, 167, 259 Burma, 227 civil unrest, 28, 219 HKSAR, 180 civil wars, 20, 23–4, 30–1, 40, 118, 162, 221 Indonesia, 329 civilian government, 17, 24, 236 Japan, 73 clarity, 146, 290 Malaysia, 246–8, 251 rule of, 90 North Korea, 104 classification, 9, 11, 13–14, 30, 187, 283, 308 Philippines, 296, 305, 312–13, 315, 318–19 test, 171, 173 Singapore, 270 CLB (Cabinet Legislation Bureau), 18, 52, 59–64, South Korea, 79 73–4, 406 children, 71–2, 88, 158–9, 173, 339, 355–7 coalition governments, 232, 240, 266, 343, 345, 349 legitimate, 181, 226 coalition politics, 267, 355 China, 4, 18–19, 21–2, 37–41, 118–40, 156, 169–73, coalitions, 23, 163, 234, 238, 241, 255, 336–7 192–3 co-existence, 170, 191, 209 amendments to the Electoral Law, 125–6 collective self-defense, 62–5 central government, 125, 132, 135–7, 170–2, 174, collectivism, 106–7 176–80, 188–93 colonialism, 7, 17, 411 Constitution, 21, 38, 122, 127, 130 colonies, 24, 39, 219–20, 229 constitutional dynamics, 118–40 former, 170, 242 constitutional review, 121–5 colonisation, 30, 346, 412 constitutionalists, 128–9, 131, 140 ‘comfort women’ system, 73 Control Yuan, 41, 147, 163 commander-in-chief, 64, 226–7 Cultural Revolution, 21, 37, 118, 139, 172 powers, 299 ECFA (Economic Co-operation Framework common law, 175–6, 180, 183, 286, 289 Agreement), 136, 152–6, 165 principles, 176, 286 economic co-operation, 135–6 system, 170–2, 174, 177, 179–81 government of law, 126–9 common values, 377, 389 guiding cases system, 137–9 communism, 18, 106, 114, 392 human rights, 119–20, 129–31, 140 Communist Party of Nepal, 30, 373 judicial independence, 136–7 Communist Party of Vietnam, 194–6 judicial reforms, 136–9 communitarian constitutionalism, 25, 270 judicial review, 36, 123 communitarianism, 283–4 judiciary, 121–2, 137 communities leadership, 39, 119–20, 127, 132, 134–5, 139 disadvantaged, 376–9 Mao Zedong, 21, 119 marginalized, 367, 372, 378, 384–8 NPC (National People’s Congress), 119, 122–5, comparative constitutional law, 6, 32, 52–3, 208, 131–3, 136–7, 171 391, 401, 410 presidency, 120, 139 compensation, 38, 93, 130, 140, 307, 310, 359 Qi Yuling case, 21, 38, 121–3 competence, 28, 84–5, 161, 187, 281 Standing Committee of the NPC (SCNPC), disputes, 81, 85 122–4, 131–3, 136, 171–8, 180–1, 188–91 complaints, 83, 133, 148, 248, 302, 305, 355–7 Sun Zhigang incident, 21, 123 constitutional, 80–2, 91, 94 Supreme People’s Court, 21, 121–39, 174 complexity, 182, 381 Wang Zhicai case, 138 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 376, 379 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-68774-5 - Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century Edited by Albert H.Y.
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