Monarchical Constitutional Guardianship and Legal Metissage in Asia

• Main Authors: VISSER, De Maartje, HARDING, Andrew.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Monarchies; Constitutional guardianship; Legal métissage; Constitutional interpretation; Constitutional identity; Symbolism; Asian Studies; Comparative and Foreign Law; Constitutional Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4314
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article presents a roadmap for examining the phenomenon of monarchy in Asia, which we conceive as a pluralist institution in a twofold manner. First, many monarchies discharge a wide range of roles and responsibilities ranging from the symbolic to the religious to the legal-political. These var...