Pluralism in Brunei’s Constitution? Ethnicity, Religion and the Absolute Monarchy

Steiner K, Mueller DM (2019)


Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2019

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Edited Volumes: Pluralist Constitutions in Southeast Asia

City/Town: London

ISBN: 9781509920457

DOI: 10.5040/9781509920488.ch-004

Abstract

This book examines the presence of ethnic, religious, political, and ideational pluralities in Southeast Asian societies and how their respective constitutions respond to these pluralities. Countries covered in this book are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The chapters examine: first, the range of pluralist constitutional values and ideas embodied in the constitutions; secondly, the pluralist sources of constitutional norms; thirdly, the design of constitutional structures responding to various pluralities; and fourthly, the construction and interpretation of bills of rights in response to existing pluralities. The ‘pluralist constitution’ is thus one that recognises internal pluralities within society and makes arrangements to accommodate, rather than eliminate, these pluralities.


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APA:

Steiner, K., & Mueller, D.M. (2019). Pluralism in Brunei’s Constitution? Ethnicity, Religion and the Absolute Monarchy. In Jaclyn L Neo, Bui Ngoc Son (Eds.), Pluralist Constitutions in Southeast Asia. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

MLA:

Steiner, Kerstin, and Dominik M. Mueller. "Pluralism in Brunei’s Constitution? Ethnicity, Religion and the Absolute Monarchy." Pluralist Constitutions in Southeast Asia. Ed. Jaclyn L Neo, Bui Ngoc Son, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

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