The constitution of Indonesia : a contextual analysis

For decades, Indonesia's 1945 Constitution, the second-shortest in the modern world, was used as an apologia by successive authoritarian regimes. But following the fall of President Soeharto in 1998 the amendment of the Constitution ushered in a liberal democratic system. This book surveys this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Butt, Simon (Author), Lindsey, Timothy , 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Hart Publishing , c2012
Series:Constitutional systems of the world
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Indonesia' constitutions
  • 2. The presidency
  • 3. National legislatures, representative assemblies and elections
  • 4. Judicial power
  • 5. The Constitutional Court and its jurisdiction
  • 6. Decentralisation
  • 7. Human rights
  • 8. Religion, pluralism and Pancasila
  • 9. Article 33 and economic democracy