Critics agree that much of Southeast Asia desperately needs judicial reform and rule of law. Yet, there is remarkably little comparative scholarship on law and legal institutions in the region. In this blog, I'll follow constitutional developments in Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Unsettled Constitutionalism in Thailand
New Mandala just posted proceedings from a SOAS conference on Thailand. Peter Leyland discussed the inability of Thailand's political elite to settle on a constitution. Every few years, some faction of the elite decides that the constitution doesn't suit them anymore. Leyland argues that Thai democracy would be immeasurably better off if the political elite just adopted one constitution - a definitive "rules of the game" - and stick to it.
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