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This page intentionally left blank EMERGENCY POWERS IN ASIA Whatistherelevanceofcontemporarydebatesoveremergencypowersfor countriessituatedinAsia?Whatroledoes,andshould,theconstitutionplay inconstrainingthesepowers?Theessaysinthiscollectionaddressthese issues,drawingonemergencysituationsinovertwentycountriesinAsiaas aready-madelaboratoryforexploringtherelationshipbetweenemergency powersandconstitutionalism.Thisvolumethereforerestssquarelyatthe intersectionoftwodebates–adebateovertheabilityoflawtoconstrainthe invocationanduseofemergencypowersbytheexecutiveintimesofcrisis, and a debate over the nature and viability of constitutionalism in Asia. At this intersection are fundamental questions about constitutionalism andthenatureofthemodernstate,questionsthatinvitelegal,political, sociologicalandhistoricalanalysis. victorv.ramrajisanAssociateProfessorintheFacultyofLawatthe NationalUniversityofSingapore,whereheisalsoVice-DeanforAcademic Affairs. arunk.thiruvengadamisanAssistantProfessorintheFacultyofLaw attheNationalUniversityofSingapore. EMERGENCY POWERS IN ASIA Exploring the Limits of Legality Editedby VICTOR V. RAMRAJ ARUN K. THIRUVENGADAM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521768900 © Cambridge University Press 2010 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2009 ISBN-13 978-0-511-76538-4 eBook (Dawsonera) ISBN-13 978-0-521-76890-0 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Formyparents,RubyandVictorJ., sinequanon —v.v.r. ForChandralekaandRamaswamyThiruvengadam —a.k.t. CONTENTS Listofcontributors ix Preface xi 1 Introduction:emergencypowersandconstitutionalism inAsia 1 victorv.ramrajandarunk.thiruvengadam part i Perspectives fromlegalandpoliticaltheory 2 Theemergencypowersparadox 21 victorv.ramraj 3 Emergencypowers,constitutionalismandlegaltransplants:the EastAsianexperience 56 alberth.y.chen 4 Constitutionand‘extraconstitution’:colonialemergency regimesinpostcolonialIndiaandPakistan 89 anilkalhan 5 Theprincelyimpostor:storiesoflawandpathologyinthe exerciseofemergencypowers 121 vasukinesiah part ii Postcolonialand post-conflicttransitions 6 FromMyanmartoManila:abriefstudyofemergencypowersin SoutheastAsia 149 keviny.l.tan 7 Discoursesofemergencyincolonialand postcolonialBurma 187 maitriiaung-thwin vii viii contents 8 EmergencyandIslamiclawinAceh 213 michelleannmillerandr.michaelfeener 9 UNaccountable?TheUnitedNations,emergencypowersandthe ruleoflawinAsia 237 simonchesterman part iii Emergencies,executivepowerand constitutional order 10 EmergencypowersandtheruleoflawinIndonesia 267 nadirsyahhosen 11 Emergencypowerswithamoustache:specialpowers,military ruleandevolvingconstitutionalisminThailand 294 andrewharding 12 Emergencypowersandthelimitsofconstitutionalism inJapan 314 markfenwick 13 Statesofexceptioninanexceptionalstate:emergencypowers lawinChina 342 jacquesdelisle part iv Theroleofthecourts 14 Constitutionalisedemergencypowers:aplagueonAsian constitutionalism? 393 h.p.lee 15 PoliticalemergenciesinthePhilippines:changinglabelsandthe unchangingneedforlegitimacy 412 raulc.pangalangan 16 IslamismasaresponsetoemergencyruleinPakistan:the surprisingproposalofJusticeA.R.Cornelius 436 clarkb.lombardi 17 Asianjudiciariesandemergencypowers:reasonsfor optimism? 466 arunk.thiruvengadam Index 495
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