Constitutional Foundings in South Asia

In: Constitutionalism in Asia Ser.

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. South Asian Constitutional Foundings: Beyond History -- Introduction -- I. Why this Book? -- II. Constitutional History Matters -- III. Factors Impacting Constitutional Foundings -- IV. The Legacies of Constitutional Foundings -- V. A Note of Acknowledgement -- 2. India's Constitutional Founding: An Enduring but Mixed Legacy -- Introduction -- I. Constitutional Developments in Pre-Modern India and During the Colonial Period (1550-1947) -- II. Crafting A Constitution for Independent India: The Work of the Constituent Assembly (1946-1949) -- III. Brief Analysis of Evolution of the Post-Independence Constitutional Order (1947-2019) -- 3. From Nation to State: Constitutional Founding in Pakistan -- Introduction -- I. Constituent Assemblies as the Site of Constitutional Drafting -- II. Inchoate Visions of Nationhood -- III. Competing Visions of Statehood -- IV. Compromise(d) Constitutionalism -- V. Conclusion -- 4. The Founding and Making of Bangladesh's Constitution -- Introduction -- I. The Emergence of Bangladesh -- II. The Proclamation of Independence and the Provisional Constitution: The First Foundings -- III. The Making of Bangladesh's Founding Constitution: The Drafting Process -- IV. The Constitution's Four Identity Principles and the Political Founding -- V. The Foundings and the Problem of Inclusive Constitutionalism -- VI. External Influences on the Founding Constitution -- VII. Post-1972 Developments and the Impact of Constitutional Foundings -- VIII. Conclusion -- 5. Dominion Status and Compromised Foundations: The Soulbury Constitution and Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Responses to the Founding of the Ceylonese State, 1931-1956 -- Introduction -- I. The Colebrooke-Cameron Commission -- II. The Donoughmore Reforms -- III. The Soulbury Commission and the Dominion Constitution.