Constitutions and the rule of law in Asia

• Main Authors: VISSER, De Maartje, RAMRAJ, Victor V., THIRUVENGADAM, Arun
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Constitutionalism in Asia; Comparative constitutional law; Public law; Rule of law in Asia; Governance; Political regimes; Law and social movements; Fourth branch institutions; Legal institutions; Courts and the judiciary; Asian Studies; Constitutional Law; Rule of Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4564
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the modern world, formal constitutions are ubiquitous as the legal foundation of the state, standing at the apex of the legal order. As they emerged in a North Atlantic context, constitutional law and the ideal of constitutionalism came to be associated with a liberal model of government in which...