Den Staat (ver-)fassen. Verfassungspolitik und Verfassungsglaube in Kirgistan und Myanmar

Judith Beyer

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2018-1-35

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- 1–2 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 1–2
- 3–102 Abhandlungen / Articles 3–102
  - 3–11 50 years of “VRÜ / Law and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America”: History and Challenges Brun-Otto Bryde Brun-Otto Bryde 3–11
  - 12–34 Socio-economic Rights Adjudication and Democratic Urban Governance: Reassessing the “Second Wave” Jurisprudence of the South African Constitutional Court Marius Pieterse Marius Pieterse 12–34
  - 35–52 Den Staat (ver-)fassen. Verfassungspolitik und Verfassungsglaube in Kirgistan und Myanmar Judith Beyer Judith Beyer 35–52
  - 53–77 Sustainable Development and the Use of Borrowing State Frameworks in the New World Bank Safeguards Stéphanie de Moerloose Stéphanie de Moerloose 53–77
  - 78–102 The Legal Nature of the World Bank Safeguards Giedre Jokubauskaite Giedre Jokubauskaite 78–102
- 103–114 Berichte / Reports 103–114
  - Die Ermöglichung der Abdankung des japanischen Kaisers – Ein erster Schritt zur Entmythologisierung des Kaisertums? Tomoaki Kurishima Tomoaki Kurishima
- 115–120 Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews 115–120
  - Armin von Bogdandy, Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Mariela Morales Antoniazzi and Flávia Piovesan, eds; Ximena Soley, managing ed., Transformative Constitutionalism in Latin America: the Emergence of a New Ius Commune Ana Micaela Alterio, Francisca Pou Giménez Ana Micaela Alterio, Francisca Pou Giménez
- 121–132 Bibliographie / Bibliography 121–132
  - 121–121 RECHT UND ENTWICKLUNG ALLGEMEIN / LAW AND DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL 121–121
  - 121–123 AFRIKA /AFRICA 121–123
  - 123–126 ASIEN /ASIA 123–126
  - 126–127 LATEINAMERIKA / LATIN AMERICA 126–127
  - 127–132 NAHER UND MITTLERER OSTEN / NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 127–132
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Den Staat (ver-)fassen. Verfassungspolitik und Verfassungsglaube in Kirgistan und Myanmar

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Judith Beyer

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2018-1-35
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Zusammenfassung

People’s faith in constitutionalism has become an essential factor in how politics are shaped and performed all over the world. Especially in post-socialist and postcolonial countries constitutions have become icons of national identification but also a pivot and focal point of protest movements. As we are witnessing an increasing expansion of law into the political arena, this article argues that through a methodological shift in the investigation of constitutional faith - away from textual meaning and towards social interaction - we can also advance an ethnographic study of “the state” that moves beyond the idea of it being an abstract bureaucratic entity. Taking the examples of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia and Myanmar in Southeast Asia, where constitutional reforms both have been key to political transformations since several decades, this article also shows the intricate relationship between law and religion. While in Kyrgyzstan constitutional faith has become pertinent, particularly in the aftermath of large-scale political conflict where it serves as a faith-based mode of conflict resolution, in Myanmar it is personally tied up with the figure of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former “icon of democracy”.

Abstract

People’s faith in constitutionalism has become an essential factor in how politics are shaped and performed all over the world. Especially in post-socialist and postcolonial countries constitutions have become icons of national identification but also a pivot and focal point of protest movements. As we are witnessing an increasing expansion of law into the political arena, this article argues that through a methodological shift in the investigation of constitutional faith - away from textual meaning and towards social interaction - we can also advance an ethnographic study of “the state” that moves beyond the idea of it being an abstract bureaucratic entity. Taking the examples of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia and Myanmar in Southeast Asia, where constitutional reforms both have been key to political transformations since several decades, this article also shows the intricate relationship between law and religion. While in Kyrgyzstan constitutional faith has become pertinent, particularly in the aftermath of large-scale political conflict where it serves as a faith-based mode of conflict resolution, in Myanmar it is personally tied up with the figure of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former “icon of democracy”.
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