Pluralist Constitutions in Southeast Asia

Author:  Dr Jaclyn L Neo, Dr Ngoc Son Bui
Pub Date: Nov 2020
Format: Paperback

This book examines the presence of ethnic, religious, political, and ideational pluralities in Southeast Asian societies and how their respective constitutions respond to these pluralities. Countries covered in this book are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The chapters examine:
first, the range of pluralist constitutional values and ideas embodied in the constitutions; secondly, the pluralist sources of constitutional norms; thirdly, the design of constitutional
structures responding to various pluralities; and fourthly, the construction and interpretation of bills of rights in response to existing pluralities.