| Autore |
John Mathew
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Singapore : , : Springer, , 2024
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (292 pages)
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| Disciplina |
340.2
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
DevaiahVishwas H
BaruahPritam
TundawalaMoiz
KumarNiraj
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| Collana |
The Indian Yearbook of Comparative Law Series
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| ISBN |
981-9954-67-3
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Summary -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I Public Law: Constitutional Law -- 1 Reclaiming Rechtsstaat from the Stuntmen of the State -- 1.1 Autocrats and Constitutions -- 1.1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Autocrats View About Some Tenets of a Liberal Democracy -- 1.2.1 Liberalism -- 1.2.2 Constitutions -- 1.2.3 Democracy -- 1.2.4 Authoritarianism -- 1.2.5 Populism -- 1.3 Reclaiming the Rechsstaat -- 1.3.1 Rechtsstaat -- 1.3.2 Constitutionalization -- 1.4 Conclusions -- 2 Selective Surname System and Its Constitutionality: Culture and Personal Dignity -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Current Situation and Problems of the Surname System for Married Couples -- 2.2.1 Historical Background of the System of Married Couples with the Same Surname -- 2.2.2 Problems with the Current System -- 2.3 Resistance to the Selective Surname System -- 2.3.1 What is the System of the Separate Surname for Married Couples? -- 2.3.2 Opposition to the System of Selective Surnames -- 2.4 Judgments of the High Court and the Supreme Court on the Optional Surname System -- 2.4.1 2014 Tokyo High Court Judgment and 2017 Supreme Court Judgment -- 2.4.2 2021 Supreme Court Decision -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Buddhist Cosmological Narratives and Hybrid Statehood in Sri Lanka and Myanmar -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Buddhist Notion of a Ruler -- 3.3 Understanding the Ashokan Persona in Sri Lanka -- 3.4 Twisted Statehood in Post-Independence Sri Lanka -- 3.5 Projection of Kingship as a Karmic Bond in Myanmar -- 3.6 Bodhisattva Continuity in Myanmar's Post-Colonial Constitution Building -- 3.7 Aung San Suu Kyi: Hybridity of Buddhist Consciousness and Western Democracy -- 3.8 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Besmirching Honorable Men: The Defamation of Politicians in Singapore -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Legal Framework of Singapore's Defamation Laws.
4.2.1 The Constitutional Protection of Free Speech -- 4.2.2 Criminal Defamation: The Penal Code -- 4.2.3 Civil Defamation and the Defamation Act -- 4.3 Defamation and Free Speech: The Case Law -- 4.3.1 The issues -- 4.3.2 Launching the Sullivan Defense -- 4.3.3 The Court of Appeal's Problematic Logic -- 4.3.4 Subsequent Developments -- 4.3.5 Defaming 'Good Men': Beyond Sullivan -- 4.3.6 The Fragile Public Figure: Goh Chok Tong and Ors v Jeyaretnam -- 4.4 The 1997 General Elections and Tang Liang Hong -- 4.5 The Police Reports -- 4.6 The Verdict -- 4.7 The Appeal -- 4.8 The Case -- 4.9 The Appeal -- 4.10 Damages for Public Figures -- 4.10.1 General -- 4.10.2 Growth of Damages for Public Figures -- 4.10.3 How Much is Your Reputation Worth? -- 4.11 Conclusion -- 5 The Constitutional Value of the Guarantee Clause -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Historical Purpose of the Guarantee Clause -- 5.2.1 United States -- 5.2.2 Australia -- 5.2.3 India -- 5.3 Contemporary Utility of the Guarantee Clause -- 5.3.1 United States -- 5.3.2 Australia -- 5.3.3 India -- 5.4 Limitations on the Utility of Guarantee Clause as Peacetime Emergency Power -- 5.4.1 Problems with Defining Internal Disturbance -- 5.4.2 Military Acting in Aid of Civil Authorities -- 5.4.3 Implied Limitations on Guarantee Clause -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 Beyond Friend and Enemy: The Stranger as a Political Category in Colonial Modernity -- 6.1 The Colonial Officer and His Incomplete Sovereignty -- 6.2 From Concrete Familiarity to Abstract Estrangement as a Mode of Governance -- 6.3 Ideology Versus Practice -- 6.4 Strangeness and Anxiety -- 7 The European Social Model Facing the Economic and the COVID Pandemic Crises -- 7.1 The Distinct Constitutional Qualities of the American and European Polities -- 7.2 The Constitutional Asymmetry Between the Social Member States and the European Polity.
7.3 The EU Under Pressure of the Twin Crises of the Twenty-First Century -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Part II Administrative Law -- 8 Administrative Justice in Iran -- Oscillating Between Monism and Dualism -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Dichotomy Between Monism and Dualism in Administrative Justice -- 8.3 Administrative Justice After the Constitutional Revolution of 1906 -- 8.4 Administrative Justice After the Islamic Revolution -- 8.5 Bilateral Administrative Acts -- 8.6 Litigious or Entre Partes Cases -- 8.7 Administrative Liability -- 8.8 Conclusion -- 9 Administrative Adjudication in the Common Law: A Comparison of Setups and Legal Tensions with India -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The Australian System -- 9.3 The System of Merits Review -- 9.4 The Separation of Powers and the Merits Review -- 9.5 The Composition and Appointments Process to the Tribunals -- 9.6 The Procedural Standards Before the Tribunal -- 9.7 Nature of Decision and Extent of Intervention by Courts -- 9.8 The Amalgamation and Service Body Aspect -- 9.9 United Kingdom System -- 9.10 The Overview of the Existing Tribunals -- 9.11 The Composition and Appointments Process to the Tribunals -- 9.12 "Court" and "Tribunal" Are Different? -- 9.13 The Procedural Standards Before the Tribunal -- 9.14 Amalgamation Aspect -- 9.15 United States of America System -- 9.16 The Evolution of the System in the Present Form -- 9.17 Composition and Appointments -- 9.18 Procedural Elements and the APA -- 9.19 Canadian System -- 9.20 Composition and Structure -- 9.21 Procedural and Evidentiary Aspects -- 9.22 The Adjudication and the Extent of Independence -- 9.23 Conclusion -- Part III Private Law: General Themes -- 10 Intellectual Property and Investment Treaties: Comparing Newest Indian and Australian Treaty Practices -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Definition of Investment and IP -- 10.2.1 Australian Practice.
10.2.2 Indian Practice -- 10.2.3 Comparison -- 10.3 Exclusion of IP-Related Measures from the Ambit of Expropriation -- 10.3.1 Australian Practice -- 10.3.2 Indian Practice -- 10.3.3 Comparison -- 10.4 Performance Requirements and IP -- 10.4.1 Australian Practice -- 10.4.2 Indian Practice -- 10.4.3 Comparison -- 10.5 Conclusion -- Part IV Administrative Law -- 11 R2P: A Comparative Study: Between Universalism and Asian Exceptionalism -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Part One: History of the Development of R2P -- 11.2.1 ICISS Report 2001 -- 11.2.2 Recognition of R2P in the United Nations Framework: Path Through the UNSC -- 11.2.3 In Larger Freedom -- 11.2.4 2009 Report -- 11.3 Establishing Universalism -- 11.4 Part Two: Problematising Universalism Through Case Studies -- 11.5 Part Three: Asian Exceptionalism -- Annexure -- 12 Intersection of Law, Religion, Customs, and the Problem of Child Marriage in Global South: A Comparative Study of India, Nigeria and Uganda -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Indian Perspective -- 12.3 The Influence of Religion on Child Marriage in Nigeria -- 12.4 Child Marriage in Uganda: Moving Beyond the Legal Norms -- 12.5 Synthesizing the Three Case Studies -- 12.6 Conclusion -- 13 Developmentalism, Forest Protection, and the Idea of Greater Justice in India -- 13.1 Developmentalism as Freedom -- 13.2 Period of Environmental Ignorance -- 13.3 The Period of Environmental Consciousness -- 13.4 Forest Protection in India and the Search for Greater Justice -- 13.5 The Forest Protection in the Age of Climate Change -- 13.6 Looking for a Solution -- 13.7 Conclusions.
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