02261nam a22003498a 4500 CR9781139567312 UkCbUP 20170413094205.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120802s2014||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139567312 (ebook) 9781107036277 (hardback) 9781107595736 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda KNC524 .S63 2014 342.5 23 Social Difference and Constitutionalism in Pan-Asia / Edited by Susan H. Williams. Social Difference & Constitutionalism in Pan-Asia Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. 1 online resource (378 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). In many countries, social differences, such as religion or race and ethnicity, threaten the stability of the social and legal order. This book addresses the role of constitutions and constitutionalism in dealing with the challenge of difference. The book brings together lawyers, political scientists, historians, religious studies scholars, and area studies experts to consider how constitutions address issues of difference across 'Pan-Asia', a wide swath of the world that runs from the Middle East, through Asia, and into Oceania. The book's multidisciplinary and comparative approach makes it unique. The book is organized into five sections, each devoted to constitutional approaches to a particular type of difference - religion, ethnicity/race, urban/rural divisions, language, and gender and sexual orientation - in two or more countries in Pan Asia. The introduction offers a framework for thinking comprehensively about the many ways constitutionalism interacts with difference. Williams, Susan H., editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107036277 Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139567312 179073 179073