International law clauses in the constitutions of northeast and southeast Asian states: a comparative study

• Main Author: Zhu, Lijiang
• Other Authors: Asian constitutional law recent developments and trends : Vietnam, Hanoi, 6th and 7th December 2019. Volume 1
• Language: Vietnamese
• Published: Đại học Quốc Gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: International Law; Constitution; Northeast Asia; Southeast Asia
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/94722
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

The sixteen Constitutions of the northeast and southeast Asia offers proper samples to examine the three types of international law clauses in the Constitutions because the region of northeast and southeast Asia is a mini world in terms of political systems, economic development, religion, culture, and legal system. This survey shows that the Constitutions of this region generally have treaty-making clauses, but only a few Constitutions simultaneously have treaty or international status clause and/or treaty or international law based foreign policy clause. This finding further show that the Constitutions of this region are basically conservative and unfriendly to international law clauses, and the extent of incorporation of international law clauses into the Constitutions in this region largely has some connection with the political systems of the Constitutions