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8 - Confucian Constitutional Identity

from Part II - Comparative Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2024

By
Ngoc Son Bui
Edited by
Ran Hirschl  and
Yaniv Roznai
Ran Hirschl
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Yaniv Roznai
Affiliation:
Reichman University, Israel
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Summary

This chapter considers how Confucian values constitute constitutional identity in three Confucian-influenced countries in Asia: China, South Korea, and Singapore. Drawing on Professor Gary Jacobsohn’s framework for the comparative study of constitutional identity, this contribution argues that Confucian commitments are embodied in the formal and/or prescriptive constitutions in the three Asian jurisdictions. The constitutions’ Confucian heritages are continuously dynamic. Disharmony provokes a change in Confucian constitutional identity. The change involves not only judicial but also social and political activities.

Keywords

ConfucianismConstitutional IdentityDisharmonyChinaSouth KoreaSingapore
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Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
The Foundations and Future of Constitutional Identity
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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