Description

The book launch was held on Thursday, 11 April 2019, at NUS Law to celebrate the publication of Professors Andrew Harding and Albert H.Y. Chen’s new book, Constitutional Courts in Asia: A Comparative Perspective. Associate Professor Dan W. Puchniak Director, Centre for Asian Legal Studies, delivered the welcome address followed by an introduction of the book by Professor Andrew Harding, one of the Editors of the book. The keynote address was delivered by Associate Professor Maartje De Visser from the School of Law, Singapore Management University. The panel discussion raised intense thoughts and discussions that lasted beyond the scheduled programme. The book launch ended with book presentations to both NUS Law and the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, as well as a closing reception.

About The Book

The founding of a constitutional court is often an indication of a chosen path of constitutionalism and democracy. It is no coincidence that most of the constitutional courts in East and Southeast Asia were established at the same time as the transition of the countries concerned from authoritarianism to liberal constitutional democracy.

This book, edited by Albert H. Y. Chen, The University of Hong Kong and Andrew Harding, National University of Singapore, is the first to provide systematic narratives and analysis of Asian experiences of constitutional courts and related developments, and to introduce comparative, historical and theoretical perspectives on these experiences, as well as debates on the relevant issues in countries that do not as yet have constitutional courts. This volume makes a significant contribution to the systematic and comparative study of constitutional courts, constitutional adjudication and constitutional developments in East and Southeast Asia and beyond.

The book is available from Cambridge University Press, click here.