Constitutional Foundings In South Asia

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This volume addresses the idea of origins, how things are formed, and how they relate to their present and future in terms of 'constitution-making' which is a continuous process in South Asian states. It examines the drafting, nature, core values and roles of the first modern constitutions during the founding of the eight modern nation-states in South Asia. The book looks at the constitutions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It provides an explanatory description of the process and substantive inputs in the making of the first constitutions of these nations; it sets out to analyse the internal and external (including intra-regional) forces surrounding the making of these constitutions; and it sets out theoretical constructions of models to conceptualise the nature and role of the first constitutions (including constituent documents) in the founding of the modern nation-states and their subsequent impact on state-building in the region. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Title - complete......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of Contributors......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 I. Why this Book?......Page 18 II. Constitutional History Matters......Page 21 III. Factors Impacting Constitutional Foundings......Page 25 IV. The Legacies of Constitutional Foundings......Page 29 V. A Note of Acknowledgement......Page 31 Introduction......Page 32 I. Constitutional Developments in Pre-Modern India and During the Colonial Period (1550–1947)......Page 37 II. Crafting A Constitution for Independent India: The Work of the Constituent Assembly (1946–1949)......Page 49 III. Brief Analysis of Evolution of the Post-Independence Constitutional Order (1947–2019)......Page 70 Introduction......Page 76 I. Constituent Assemblies as the Site of Constitutional Drafting......Page 77 II. Inchoate Visions of Nationhood......Page 80 III. Competing Visions of Statehood......Page 87 IV. Compromise(d) Constitutionalism......Page 97 V. Conclusion......Page 101 Introduction......Page 104 I. The Emergence of Bangladesh......Page 105 II. The Proclamation of Independence and the Provisional Constitution: The First Foundings......Page 113 III. The Making of Bangladesh's Founding Constitution: The Drafting Process......Page 116 IV. The Constitution's Four Identity Principles and the Political Founding......Page 120 V. The Foundings and the Problem of Inclusive Constitutionalism......Page 125 VI. External Influences on the Founding Constitution......Page 126 VII. Post-1972 Developments and the Impact of Constitutional Foundings......Page 128 VIII. Conclusion......Page 131 Introduction......Page 134 I. The Colebrooke-Cameron Commission......Page 138 II. The Donoughmore Reforms......Page 142 III. The Soulbury Commission and the Dominion Constitution......Page 146 IV. Wither Elitism......Page 153 V. Conclusion......Page 160 Introduction......Page 162 I. The 1950–1951 Revolution and The Founding Constitution of 1951......Page 164 II. The 1951 Interim Constitution and Constitutional Foundings: The Point of Departure......Page 167 III. Promulgation of the Foundational 1959 Constitution......Page 171 IV. The Panchayat Constitution of 1962: Undoing the Founding?......Page 174 V. The 1990 Constitution: Restoring The 1959 Foundings?......Page 177 VI. The Maoist Armed Rebellion......Page 181 VII. Constitution-Making By The People At Last?......Page 183 VIII. The 2015 Constitution......Page 185 IX. Conclusion......Page 187 Introduction......Page 190 I. Historical Trajectories of the Bhutanese Constitution......Page 191 II. The Constitutional Committee......Page 194 III. Consulting the People......Page 197 IV. The Constitutional Debates......Page 200 V. Discussions Between the King and the People......Page 202 VI. Adoption and Content of the Constitution......Page 204 VII. The Traditionalisation of the Constitution......Page 208 VIII. Conclusion......Page 211 Introduction......Page 212 I. Historical Backdrop......Page 213 II. The First Maldives Constitution (1932)......Page 217 III. Main Features of the First Constitution......Page 224 IV. Constitutional Developments 1934–1968......Page 235 V. The Second Republican Constitution: 1968–1998......Page 237 VI. Legacy of the Constitutions of 1932 and 1968......Page 241 VII. Conclusion......Page 242 I. A Contextual Prolegomenon......Page 244 II. Introduction: Where to Begin?......Page 248 III. Constitutionalism and Nation-Building......Page 251 IV. Locating the 1964 Constitution......Page 254 V. Tortuous Transplants and Religious Resistance......Page 256 VI. Constitutions as Tools for Consolidation and Coordination......Page 262 VII. Contestation and Constitutional Compromise......Page 265 VIII. Process and Substance......Page 268 IX. Conclusion......Page 272 Index......Page 276