This book illuminates how law and politics interact in the judicial doctrines and explores how democracy sustains and is sustained by the exercise of judicial power.
This book illuminates how law and politics interact in the judicial doctrines and explores how democracy sustains and is sustained by the exercise of judicial power.
Po Jen Yap is an Associate Professor at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Faculty of Law, where he specialises in comparative constitutional law. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. degree and he obtained LL.M. qualifications from both Harvard Law School and University College London. He also has a Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge. He is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and an Attorney at Law in the State of New York (USA). His publications include Constitutional Dialogue in Common Law Asia (2015).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction Part I. Dominant-Party Democracies: 2. Supreme Court of Singapore and the promise of enforceable constitutional conventions 3. Malaysian courts and electoral fraud 4. Hong Kong Courts and constitutional contradictions Part II. Dynamic Democracies: 5. Supreme Court of India and criminality in politics 6. Constitutional court of Taiwan and calibrated judicial review 7. Constitutional court of Korea and systemic electoral barriers Part III. Fragile Democracies: 8. Constitutional court of Thailand and partisan judges 9. Supreme Court of Pakistan: accommodation and defiance of military authority 10. Supreme Court of Bangladesh and defensive judicial review Part IV. Democratic Values and Courts in Comparative Perspective: 11. Democratic values and the conundrum of unconstitutional constitutional amendments 12. Conclusion Bibliography Index.
1. Introduction Part I. Dominant-Party Democracies: 2. Supreme Court of Singapore and the promise of enforceable constitutional conventions 3. Malaysian courts and electoral fraud 4. Hong Kong Courts and constitutional contradictions Part II. Dynamic Democracies: 5. Supreme Court of India and criminality in politics 6. Constitutional court of Taiwan and calibrated judicial review 7. Constitutional court of Korea and systemic electoral barriers Part III. Fragile Democracies: 8. Constitutional court of Thailand and partisan judges 9. Supreme Court of Pakistan: accommodation and defiance of military authority 10. Supreme Court of Bangladesh and defensive judicial review Part IV. Democratic Values and Courts in Comparative Perspective: 11. Democratic values and the conundrum of unconstitutional constitutional amendments 12. Conclusion Bibliography Index.
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