00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009370 20221031044301 0010-0520009370 221031################|##########|#eng## 978-0521768900 eng 342.502 342.502 EME Emergency powers in Asia: exploring the limits of legality Emergency powers in Asia: exploring the limits of legality / Victor Vridar Ramraj and Arun K.Thiruvengadam (Edited) UK : Cambridge University Press, 2010 xii, 517 p. ; 24 cm. ; 24 cm. "What is the relevance of contemporary debates over emergency powers for countries situated in Asia? What role does, and should, the constitution play in constraining these powers? The essays in this collection address these issues, drawing on emergency situations in over 20 countries in Asia as a ready-made laboratory for exploring the relationship between emergency powers and constitutionalism. This volume therefore rests squarely at the intersection of two debates - a debate over the ability of law to constrain the invocation and use of emergency powers by the executive in times of crisis, and a debate over the nature and viability of constitutionalism in Asia. At this intersection are fundamental questions about constitutionalism and the nature of the modern state, questions that invite legal, political, sociological and historical analysis"--Provided by publisher. War and emergency powers --Asia 22339/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22340/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22340/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22339/MKRI-P/XI-2011