Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts. Yvonne Tew

Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts explores how courts engage in constitutional statebuilding in aspiring, yet deeply fragile, democracies in Asia. Yvonne Tew offers an indepth look at contemporary Malaysia and Singapore, explaining how courts protect and construct constitutionalism even as they confront dominant political parties and negotiate democratic transitions. The book explores the judicial strategies used for statecraft in Asian courts, including an analysis of the specific mechanisms that courts can use to entrench constitutional basic structures and to protect rights in a manner that is purposive and proportionate. Tew s account shows how courts in Asia s emerging democracies can chart a path forward to help safeguard a nation s constitutional core and to build an enduring constitutional framework. Centre for Comparative and Public Law