Table of Contents

1. Pluralist Constitutions and the Southeast Asian Context Jaclyn L. Neo and Bui Ngoc Son 2. Constitutionalising Multiple Pluralities in Malaysia Dian A. H. Shah 3. The Imperative of Integrative Pluralist Constitutionalism: Going Beyond Formal Equality, Eschewing Rights, and Accommodation of Differences in Singapore Eugene K B Tan 4. Pluralism in Brunei's Constitution? Ethnicity, Religion and the Absolute Monarchy Kerstin Steiner and Dominik M Muller 5. Indonesia's Constitutional Responses to Plurality Herlambang P. Wiratraman and Dian A. H. Shah 6. Myanmar's Pluralist Constitution: Nation-Building versus State-Building Nyi Nyi Kyaw 7. Pluralist Constitution in Cambodia Taing Ratana 8. Constitutions in Ethnically Plural Societies: Laos and Vietnam Bui Ngoc Son 9. Volcanic Constitution: How is Plurality Turning Against Constitutionalism in Thailand? Apinop Atipiboonsin 10. The Philippine People Power Constitution: Social Cohesion through Integrated Diversity Bryan Dennis Gabito Tiojanco

Promotional Information

An original collection of essays examining how constitutional orders in individual Southeast Asian countries respond to a range of ethnic, political, and legal plurality, providing an important contribution to comparative constitutional scholarship in South East Asia.

About the Author

Jaclyn L Neo is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. Bui Ngoc Son is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong.