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Burma’s Constitution

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  • © 1959

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  1. Maung Maung

    1. Lincoln’s Inn, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. The Story of the Constitution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages XI-XI
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    2. Annexation and British Rule

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 1-47

    3. War and Japanese Occupation

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 48-67

    4. Liberation and Fulfilment

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 68-87

  3. The Constitution at Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Form of State

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 91-93

    3. Fundamental Rights

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 94-106

    4. Peasants and Workers

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 107-110

    5. Directive Principles of State Policy

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 111-115

    6. The President

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 116-121

    7. Parliament

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 122-128

    8. The Union Government

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 129-147

    9. The Union Judiciary

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 148-168

    10. The States

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 169-194

    11. Amendment of the Constitution

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 195-196

    12. International Relations

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 197-205

    13. General Provisions

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 206-210

    14. Transitory Provisions

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 211-213

  4. Epilogue

    1. Epilogue

      • Maung Maung
      Pages 214-216
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About this book

This is an attempt to study and interpret the Constitution of the Union of Burma which has now passed its tenth year. A constitution read outside the context of constitutional history is incomplete, and I have, therefore, tried to trace the developments which culminated in the constitution; then study its important features with reference, where necessary, to the background in which they took shape and form; and, while studying how the constitution has been working, touch lightly on contemporary events and trends. It is a vast canvas I am trying to cover and what I am able to draw on it would inevitably be sketchy. But I do not write as a historian whose focus is on detail in a narrow area. Rather, having dug and gathered the facts, I trace their sweep in history. The details I willingly and happily leave to the historians, hoping only that my study will be of some use to them, if only as a target for their learned criticism. Some of the events and people I describe are still too near, and a clear perspective is therefore difficult. What is nearest appears biggest, and I often find it tempting to see and accept that Burma's history as a new independent nation began with the students' strike of 1936 or the resistance movement during the Second World War.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lincoln’s Inn, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Maung Maung

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Burma’s Constitution

  • Authors: Maung Maung

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8890-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1959

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8225-6Published: 01 January 1959

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-8890-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 325

  • Topics: Political Science, Economic Policy, Sociology, general

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