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Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts by Yvonne Tew. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 272 pp. Hardcover: £80.00. 《亚洲法院的宪政治国之道》,作者:伊冯·图。牛津:牛津大学出版社,2020。272页,精装版:80英镑。
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2021.25
R. Abeyratne
Yvonne Tew ’ s Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts is a careful and detailed study of constitutionalism in Malaysia and Singapore. The book combines history, theory, and practice to offer a nuanced account of how judicial power has evolved in both countries and provides a framework for how it can be harnessed further in the service of constitutional democracy. The book begins with a theoretical section that overviews the major literature in this area. 1 Tew is critical – rightly so – of categorical statements about the nature of judicial power and of constitutional rights. She helpfully deconstructs and critiques several dichotomies including the universal versus relativist conceptions of human rights, which was prominent in the ‘ Asian values ’ debate of the 1980s and 1990s, and still has resonances today. 2 This is the idea, advanced by Lee Kuan Yew and Mahathir Mohammad, among others, that Asian cultures place higher value on commu-nity and social order than on ‘ Western ’ notions of individual liberty. 3 In addition to essentialising the values of a large and diverse continent, Tew points out that ‘ Asian values ’ is susceptible to ideo-logical capture, particularly in the context of justifying the policies of authoritarian regimes. 4 Tew is also skeptical of the dichotomy she observes in the existing literature between ‘ herculean ’ and ‘ Sisyphean ’ conceptions of the judicial role. 5 Judges, as Tew shows, are neither all-knowing heroic figures who consistently reach the ‘ correct ’ result, nor are they doomed to perpetual failure. Indeed, by presenting a contextual analysis of judicial strategy in the enterprise of state building in these two postcolonial states, the book charts a middle path for judges that is informed by the political environment. National-level politics in both countries have been dominated by a single party – the Barisan National (BN) coalition in Malaysia and the People ’ s Action Party (PAP) in
陶的《亚洲法院宪政》是对马来西亚和新加坡宪政的一次细致的研究。这本书结合了历史、理论和实践,对两国司法权力的演变进行了细致入微的描述,并为如何进一步利用司法权力为宪政民主服务提供了一个框架。这本书从一个理论部分开始,概述了这一领域的主要文献。1 Tew对关于司法权力和宪法权利性质的明确声明持批评态度,这是正确的。她有益地解构和批评了一些二分法,包括普遍与相对主义的人权概念,这在20世纪80年代和90年代的“亚洲价值观”辩论中很突出,至今仍有共鸣。2这是李光耀和马哈蒂尔·穆罕默德等人提出的观点,即亚洲文化更重视社区和社会秩序,而不是“西方”的个人自由观念。3除了强调一个庞大而多样的大陆的价值观外,Tew还指出,“亚洲价值观”容易受到意识形态的影响,特别是在为威权政权的政策辩护的背景下。4 Tew也对她在现有文献中观察到的司法角色的“赫库勒式”和“西西弗式”概念之间的二分法持怀疑态度。正如图所示,评委们既不是无所不知的英雄人物,也不是注定要永远失败的人。事实上,通过对这两个后殖民国家的国家建设中的司法战略进行语境分析,本书为法官描绘了一条受政治环境影响的中间道路。两国的国家政治都由一个政党主导——马来西亚的国民阵线和马来西亚的人民行动党
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The Malaysian Election Commission: Navigating Electoral Authoritarianism and Political Change 马来西亚选举委员会:驾驭选举威权主义和政治变革
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2021.31
D. Shah
Abstract The urgency of electoral reforms has long been identified as a key to improving democracy in Malaysia. For decades, electoral manipulation through gerrymandering, malapportionment, and issues with the electoral roll and conduct of elections have undermined democratic quality and competition. The Malaysian Election Commission (EC) has – understandably – come under scrutiny for its role in facilitating and sustaining these problems. However, what requires a greater level of attention is the question of how the EC – despite its position as a constitutional institution that exists independently from the other branches of government – has operated in ways that undermined Malaysia's democracy and maintained a dominant party regime for over six decades. This Article brings this to light by examining the structural, institutional, and political conditions that shape the EC's operation, particularly with regard to re-delineation of constituencies and the conduct of elections. It argues that flaws in constitutional design, along with subsequent constitutional amendments, have rendered the EC vulnerable to partisan capture and thus affected its ability to function as an independent constitutional institution. In addition, this Article demonstrates how changes in political imperatives and judicial restraint in reviewing the EC's decision-making have also contributed to the deficiencies in Malaysia's electoral democracy.
摘要选举改革的紧迫性长期以来一直被认为是改善马来西亚民主的关键。几十年来,通过不公正的选区划分、不合理的支持率以及选民名册和选举行为等问题操纵选举,破坏了民主质量和竞争。可以理解的是,马来西亚选举委员会(EC)因其在促进和维持这些问题方面的作用而受到审查。然而,需要更多关注的是,尽管欧共体是一个独立于政府其他部门的宪法机构,但其运作方式破坏了马来西亚的民主,并在60多年的时间里保持了主导党政权。本条通过研究影响选举委员会运作的结构、制度和政治条件,特别是在重新划分选区和进行选举方面,揭示了这一点。它认为,宪法设计的缺陷,以及随后的宪法修正案,使欧盟委员会容易受到党派的攻击,从而影响了其作为独立宪法机构的能力。此外,这篇文章展示了审查欧共体决策时政治必要性和司法克制的变化如何也导致了马来西亚选举民主的不足。
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Multilayered Oversight: Electoral Administration in Indonesia 多层监督:印度尼西亚的选举管理
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2021.32
S. Butt, F. Siregar
Abstract Electoral administration in Indonesia is complex. The Electoral Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum) is responsible for planning and running five-yearly elections for one national and two regional legislatures, and one additional national regional representative body, as well as direct presidential, gubernatorial, mayoral and regent elections. Because candidates and parties often have significant financial stakes in their outcome, these elections are hotly contested and the results quite commonly disputed, including in Indonesia's Constitutional Court (Mahkamah Konstitusi). Electoral contestants often point to mistakes in administration and vote counting, which appear to be natural consequences of the great logistical challenges these elections present. For example, on 17 April, 2019, well over 150 million citizens attended one of over 800,000 polling stations to vote for candidates to fill 19,817 legislative seats in national and subnational parliaments. Many of these elections are said to be marred by attempts by candidates and their parties to gain illegal advantage, whether through misuse of incumbency or vote buying. There is also said to be much potential for corruption amongst electoral administrators themselves in registering candidates, verifying parties, procuring equipment for polling stations, and counting and tallying votes on election day. Given the potential of mistakes and illegality to jeopardise the legitimacy of election results, lawmakers in Indonesia have created multi-layered oversight mechanisms to oversee the planning and running of the elections by the Electoral Commission, as well as to oversee the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu, Badan Pengawas Pemilihan Umum) itself, which is charged with supervising that Commission. This article examines the work and performance of these institutions, and the Electoral Administration Honour Council (DKPP, or Dewan Kehormatan Penyelenggara Pemilu), which hears allegations of breaches by the Commission and the Board.
摘要印尼的选举管理十分复杂。选举委员会(Komisi Pemilihan Umum)负责规划和管理一个国家和两个地区立法机构、一个额外的国家地区代表机构的五年一次的选举,以及总统、州长、市长和摄政王的直接选举。由于候选人和政党的选举结果往往具有重大的经济利害关系,这些选举竞争激烈,选举结果也普遍存在争议,包括在印度尼西亚宪法法院(Mahkamah Konstitusi)。选举参赛者经常指出管理和计票方面的错误,这似乎是这些选举带来的巨大后勤挑战的自然后果。例如,2019年4月17日,超过1.5亿公民参加了80多万个投票站中的一个投票站,为填补国家和地方议会19817个立法席位的候选人投票。据说,许多这样的选举都被候选人及其政党试图通过滥用现任职位或收买选票来获得非法优势所破坏。据说,选举管理人员本身在登记候选人、核实政党、采购投票站设备以及在选举日计票和计票方面也存在很大的腐败潜力。鉴于错误和非法行为可能危及选举结果的合法性,印度尼西亚立法者建立了多层次的监督机制,以监督选举委员会对选举的规划和运作,并监督选举监督委员会(Bawaslu、Badan Pengavas Pemilihan Umum)本身,负责监督该委员会。本文审查了这些机构以及选举管理荣誉委员会(DKPP,或Dewan Kehormatan Penyelenggara Pemilu)的工作和表现,该委员会听取了对委员会和董事会违规行为的指控。
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Sri Lanka's First Election Commission: Strengthening Electoral Management or Advancing Electoral Integrity? 斯里兰卡第一选举委员会:加强选举管理还是促进选举廉正?
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2021.34
Dinesha Samararatne
The undisputed success of Sri Lanka's first Election Commission (2015–2020) was the conduct of free and fair elections, that is to say, electoral management. I argue in this article that, by design and in practice, it was unable to or failed to advance electoral integrity that is urgently required for the health of Sri Lanka's constitutional democracy. At critical points when electoral integrity and constitutional democracy were threatened, it was the Court, the traditional institutional check on the Executive and the Legislature, that prevented its further erosion. The Commission, therefore, was an institutional innovation that addressed symptoms of Sri Lanka's ailing constitutional democracy but not its root causes. The Commission has been a necessary but insufficient fix for the electoral pathologies of Sri Lanka's constitutional democracy. Its ‘guarantor’ function, as I illustrate in this article, is narrowly conceived, perceived and lived out.
斯里兰卡第一届选举委员会(2015-2020年)无可争议的成功在于进行了自由公正的选举,也就是说,进行了选举管理。我在这篇文章中认为,从设计和实践来看,它无法或未能促进斯里兰卡宪政民主健康所急需的选举诚信。在选举完整性和宪政民主受到威胁的关键时刻,正是法院,即对行政和立法机构的传统机构制约,阻止了其进一步削弱。因此,该委员会是一项制度创新,它解决了斯里兰卡宪政民主状况不佳的症状,但没有解决其根源。该委员会对斯里兰卡宪政民主的选举病态是一个必要但不充分的解决办法。正如我在这篇文章中所阐述的,它的“担保人”功能是狭义的,被感知和实践的。
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The Union Election Commission of Myanmar 2010–2020 缅甸联邦选举委员会2010-2020
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2021.33
Catherine Renshaw, Michael Lidauer
Abstract The 2008 Constitution of the Union of Myanmar establishes the framework for a ‘discipline-flourishing’ constitutional democracy in which the Tatmadaw, the Burmese military, retains a significant degree of power. Under this Constitution, the Union Election Commission (UEC) is vested with significant authority to supervise elections, regulate political parties and electoral campaigns, register voters, suspend elections, and to make conclusive determinations in electoral disputes. Between 2010 and 2020, the UEC oversaw three consecutive general elections and three by-elections. Following a term under the former military leadership, the country's major democratic opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won a resounding victory in the 2015 elections. In the years that followed, civilian-military relations were a source of tension, as the NLD attempted to reform the executive and legislative roles for the military guaranteed by the Constitution. These tensions became in particular tangible during the 2020 elections, which the NLD again won in a landslide victory. The military alleged the election was marred by fraud while the UEC rejected this allegation. On 1 February 2021, hours before the new parliament was to convene, the Tatmadaw staged a coup d’état. This article reviews the UEC in its constitutional and political context. It identifies its institutional features, significant points in its brief history, and the impact of UEC leadership as a contributing factor in fostering confidence in the electoral process.
摘要2008年《缅甸联邦宪法》为“纪律繁荣”的宪政民主建立了框架,缅甸军队缅甸国防军在其中保留了很大程度的权力。根据该《宪法》,联邦选举委员会(UEC)被赋予监督选举、管理政党和竞选活动、登记选民、暂停选举以及对选举争议做出决定性裁决的重要权力。2010年至2020年间,UEC连续监督了三次大选和三次补选。在前军方领导下执政一年后,该国主要的民主反对党全国民主联盟在2015年的选举中大获全胜。在随后的几年里,由于全国民主联盟试图改革宪法保障的军队的行政和立法角色,军民关系成为紧张局势的根源。在2020年的选举中,这些紧张局势变得尤为明显,民盟再次以压倒性胜利获胜。军方声称选举被舞弊破坏,而UEC否认了这一指控。2021年2月1日,在新议会召开前几个小时,缅甸国防军发动了政变。本文从宪法和政治背景对UEC进行了回顾。它确定了其机构特征、其简史中的重要点以及UEC领导层的影响,认为这是培养对选举进程信心的一个促成因素。
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ACL volume 16 issue 2 Cover and Front matter ACL第16卷第2期封面和封面
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2022.1
The Asian Journal of Comparative Law (AsJCL) is the leading forum for research and discussion of the law and legal systems of Asia. It embraces work that is theoretical, empirical, socio-legal, doctrinal, or comparative that relates to one or more Asian legal systems, as well as work that compares one or more Asian legal systems with non-Asian systems. The Journal seeks articles which display an intimate knowledge of Asian legal systems, and thus provide a window into the way they work in practice. The AsJCL is an initiative of the Asian Law Institute (ASLI), an association established by 13 leading law schools in Asia and with a rapidly expanding membership base across Asia and in other regions around the world.
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Constitutional Democracy and Electoral Commissions: A Reflection from Asia 宪政民主与选举委员会:来自亚洲的反思
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2021.26
Rosalind Dixon, M. Tushnet
This symposium explores the role of “fourth branch” institutions, and specifically the role of independent electoral commissions (IECs) in protecting and promoting constitutional democracy. It does so by focusing on the global South, and Asia in particular. It aims to go beyond the “usual suspects” in comparative constitutional law, and put the constitutional experiences of countries such as Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka at the centre of a decolonized constitutional project and understanding, supplementing them with an examination of more-often-studied systems such as Australia and India.
本次研讨会探讨了“第四分支”机构的作用,特别是独立选举委员会在保护和促进宪政民主方面的作用。它通过关注全球南方,特别是亚洲来做到这一点。它旨在超越比较宪法中的“常见嫌疑人”,将印度尼西亚、肯尼亚、缅甸、马来西亚和斯里兰卡等国的宪法经验置于非殖民化宪法项目和理解的中心,并通过对澳大利亚和印度等经常被研究的制度的审查来补充这些经验。
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ACL volume 16 issue 2 Cover and Back matter ACL第16卷第2期封面和封底
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2022.2
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ACL volume 16 issue S1 Cover and Front matter ACL第16卷第S1期封面和封面
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2021.39
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Constituting and Regulating Democracy: Kenya's Electoral Commission and the Courts in the 2010s 构建和规范民主:2010年代的肯尼亚选举委员会和法院
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI: 10.1017/asjcl.2021.36
Richard Stacey, Victoria Miyandazi
Abstract In August 2017, responding to a petition from the losing candidate in the presidential election held days before, the Supreme Court of Kenya declared the results of the election null and void. Dramatic in itself, the decision stands in surprising contrast to the same Court's decision to uphold the 2013 election results following a similar petition. Beyond the different outcomes in 2013 and 2017, the Court's jurisprudential approach to the two petitions was markedly different. The Court showed significant deference to the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in 2013, and did not seriously interrogate its conclusion that the election had been free and fair. In 2017, however, the Court scrutinised the IEBC's process and paid close attention to the reasons it gave for declaring the result free and fair. This article considers the difference in the Court's approach in two ways. First, from a prescriptive perspective, it suggests when it is appropriate for courts to closely scrutinise the work of elections management boards and other ‘fourth branch’ institutions protecting democracy (IPDs). The article argues that where an IPD performs a function that is constitutive of rights, courts should be prepared to intervene. By contrast, where an IPD performs a function that is regulative of already constituted rights, courts of review should act with deference. On this basis, the article concludes that the Court should have engaged in a deeper review of the IEBC's 2013 decision. Second, from a descriptive perspective, the article suggests that the difference between the Court's 2013 and 2017 approaches can be explained by waning levels of public trust in the IEBC alongside growing levels of public confidence in the judiciary.
2017年8月,肯尼亚最高法院回应了几天前举行的总统选举中落选候选人的请愿书,宣布选举结果无效。这一决定本身就具有戏剧性,与该法院2013年在类似请愿后维持选举结果的决定形成了惊人的对比。除了2013年和2017年的不同结果外,最高法院对这两起申诉的法理处理方式也明显不同。法院在2013年对独立选举和边界委员会(IEBC)表示了极大的尊重,并没有认真质疑其关于选举是自由和公平的结论。然而,2017年,法院审查了独立选举委员会的程序,并密切关注其宣布结果自由和公平的理由。本文从两个方面考虑了法院的不同做法。首先,从规范的角度来看,它建议法院何时应该密切审查选举管理委员会和其他保护民主的“第四分支”机构的工作。本文认为,在IPD履行构成权利的职能时,法院应做好干预的准备。相比之下,如果IPD履行的职能是对已经形成的权利进行调节,则审查法院应尊重其行为。在此基础上,文章得出结论,法院本应对IEBC 2013年的决定进行更深入的审查。其次,从描述性的角度来看,本文认为,法院2013年和2017年方法之间的差异可以用公众对IEBC的信任程度下降和公众对司法机构的信心水平上升来解释。
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