Book contents
- Unstable ConstitutionalismLaw and Politics in South Asia
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Unstable Constitutionalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Forms and Sources of Instability
- Part III Reactions and Responses to Instability
- 8 The Indian Supreme Court and the Art of Democratic Positioning
- 9 The Judicialization of Politics in Bangladesh
- 10 Debating Federalism in Sri Lanka and Nepal
- 11 Constitutional Form and Reform in Postwar Sri Lanka
- 12 Constitutional Federalism in the Indian Supreme Court
- Index
- References
9 - The Judicialization of Politics in Bangladesh
Pragmatism, Legitimacy, and Consequences
from Part III - Reactions and Responses to Instability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2015
Book contents
- Unstable ConstitutionalismLaw and Politics in South Asia
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Unstable Constitutionalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Forms and Sources of Instability
- Part III Reactions and Responses to Instability
- 8 The Indian Supreme Court and the Art of Democratic Positioning
- 9 The Judicialization of Politics in Bangladesh
- 10 Debating Federalism in Sri Lanka and Nepal
- 11 Constitutional Form and Reform in Postwar Sri Lanka
- 12 Constitutional Federalism in the Indian Supreme Court
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Unstable ConstitutionalismLaw and Politics in South Asia, pp. 261 - 290Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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