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Routledge Handbook of Asian Parliaments

Edited By Po Jen Yap, Rehan Abeyratne Copyright 2023
    436 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    436 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge
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    This handbook showcases the rich varieties of legislatures that exist in Asia and explains how political power is constituted in 17 jurisdictions in East, Southeast and South Asia.

    Legislatures in Asia come in all stripes. Liberal democracies co-exist cheek by jowl with autocracies; semi-democratic and competitive authoritarian systems abound. While all legislatures exist to make law and confer legitimacy on the political leadership, how representative they are of the people they govern differs dramatically across the continent, such that it is impossible to identify a common Asian prototype. Divided into thematic and country-by-country sections, this handbook is a one-stop reference that surveys the range of political systems operating in Asia. Each jurisdiction chapter examines the structure and composition of its legislature, the powers of the legislature, the legislative process, thereby providing a clear picture of how each legislature operates both in theory and in practice. The book also thematically analyses the following political systems operating in Asia: communist regimes, liberal democracies, dominant party democracies, turbulent democracies, presidential democracies, military regimes and protean authoritarian rule.

    This handbook is a vital and comprehensive resource for scholars of constitutional law and politics in Asia.

      1. Parliaments in Asia: Introduction

        2. Po Jen Yap and Rehan Abeyratne

        Part I: Thematic Chapters

      2. Communist Regimes

        3. Po Jen Yap and Chen Yu-Jie

      3. Liberal Democracies

        4. Chien-Chih Lin

      4. Dominant Party Democracies

        5. Po Jen Yap and Marcus Teo

      5. Turbulent Democracies

        6. Rehan Abeyratne

      6. Presidential Democracies

        7. Björn Dressel and Fakhridho Susilo

        Part II: Jurisdiction Chapters

      7. The Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) of Bangladesh

        8. M Jashim Ali Chowdhury

      8. The National Assembly and Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia

        9. Benjamin Lawrence

      9. The National People’s Congress in China

        10. Sun Ying

      10. The Legislative Council of Hong Kong

        11. Eric Chan

      11. The Parliament and State Legislatures of India

        12. M Mohsin Alam Bhat

      12. The Legislatures of Indonesia

        13. Simon Butt and Tim Lindsey

      13. The Japanese Diet

        14. Shigenori Matsui

      14. The Parliament of Malaysia

        15. Wong Chin Huat

      15. The Legislature (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) of Myanmar

        16. Richard Roewer and Han Htoo Khant Paing

      16. The Parliament of Pakistan

        17. Mariam Mufti

        　

      17. The Congress of the Philippines

        18. Bryan Dennis G Tiojanco and Ronald Ray K San Juan

      18. The Parliament of Singapore

        19. Eugene KB Tan

      19. The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

        20. Sang-Un Park

      20. The Parliament of Sri Lanka

        21. Dinesha Samararatne

      21. The Legislative Yuan of Taiwan

        22. Yen-Tu Su

      22. The Legislative Assembly of Thailand

        23. Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang and Aua-aree Engchanil

      23. The National Assembly of Vietnam

        Ngoc Son Bui

    Biography

    Po Jen Yap is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in Constitutional and Administrative Law.

    Rehan Abeyratne is an Associate Professor of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he specialises in constitutional law and comparative constitutionalism.

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