Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law offers the first comprehensive account of the entanglements of Buddhism and constitutional law in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of experts, the volume offers a complex portrait of “the Buddhist-constitutional complex,” demonstrating the intricate and powerful ways in which Buddhist and constitutional ideas merged, interacted and co-evolved. The authors also highlight the important ways in which Buddhist actors have (re)conceived Western liberal ideals such as constitutionalism, rule of law, and secularism. Available Open Access on Cambridge Core, this trans-disciplinary volume is written to be accessible to a non-specialist audience.

About the Speakers:

Editors:
Prof. Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago
Prof. Benjamin Schonthal, University of Otago, New Zealand

Discussants:
Prof. Ngoc Son Bui, University of Oxford 
Prof. Douglas Gildow, CUHK

Chair:
Prof. Rehan Abeyratne, CUHK LAW