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| Rethinking Judicial Independence in India and Sri Lanka | ||
| 作者 | Abeyratne, Rehan (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Asian Journal of Comparative Law |
| 卷期 | v.10 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 2015.07 |
| 頁次 | 99 - 135 |
| 出版者 | Cambridge University Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| 出版地 | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Author Affiliation: Jindal Global Law School, Haryana, India |
| 摘要 | The traditional narrative of judicial independence in India and Sri Lanka goes like this. The Indian Constitution established a strong and independent judiciary, which has become one of the most powerful in the world. By contrast, judicial independence was never entrenched in Sri Lanka due to insufficient constitutional safeguards and political interference. This paper seeks to challenge this narrative. It argues that despite important structural differences, India and Sri Lanka have followed similar judicial paths since the 1970s. Both judiciaries relaxed procedural requirements to allow sweeping public interest litigation; defined secularism and regulated religious practices in line with the dominant religious tradition; and largely deferred to the executive on the scope and necessity of emergency regulations. This remarkable convergence in jurisprudence demonstrates that (1) the Sri Lankan Supreme Court is more rights-protective and (2) its Indian counterpart is less willing to assert its independence on controversial issues than traditionally understood. |
| 目次 | Abstract 99 I. THEORIES OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE 101 II. CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE – THE TRADITIONAL VIEW 104 A. Framing the Indian Constitution 104 B. Sri Lanka’s Post-Independence Constitution 105 C. The Struggle for Judicial Independence 107 1. Basic structure and judicial appointments in India 107 2. Retrenchment in Sri Lanka: Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism and the adoption of republican constitutions 110 III. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS LITIGATION: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PRESSING SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES 114 A. Public Interest Litigation in India 115 B. Sri Lanka’s (Quieter) Fundamental Rights Revolution 116 IV. SECULARISM AND THE REGULATION OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE: THE CREEPING INFLUENCE OF ETHNO-RELIGIOUS NATIONALISM 119 A. Defining Secularism and the Regulation of Religious Practice in India 120 B. Religion in Sri Lanka: The Preeminence of Buddhism and Following India’s Lead on Anti-Conversion Laws 124 V. DEFERENCE TO THE EXECUTIVE: EMERGENCY REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON JUDICIAL REVIEW 128 A. Emergency Rule (1975–77) and Anti-Terror Laws India 128 1. The Emergency 128 2. Recent anti-terror laws 129 B. The Permanent State of Emergency in Sri Lanka 131 VI. CONCLUSION – MOVING PAST THE TRADITIONAL NARRATIVE TO FOCUS ON JUDICIAL DECISIONS 132 |
| ISSN | 21946078 (P); 19320205 (E) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.2015.6 |
| 點閱次數 | 13 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.08.12 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.08.12 |
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