1. Constitutional Foundations in Northeast Asia: A Reflective Introduction / Kevin YL Tan -- 2. The 1954 Constitution of China: Empire State-Building / Humphrey Ko -- 3. The Birth of the Constitution of the Republic of China / Chien-Chih Lin -- 4. Sino-British Diplomacy in the Making of the Constitutional Order of Hong Kong: Historical Investigations into the Drafting of the Joint Declaration and Basic Law (1982-1990) / Albert HY Chen and Michael Ng -- 5. Macau's Constitutional Founding / Xiaobo Zhai -- 6. Constitutional Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea / Erik Mobrand -- 7. Thirty Years Old at Birth? The Constitutional Founding of the Republic of Korea / Chaihark Hahm -- 8. The Meiji Constitution and Japan's Emergence in the International Order, 1853-1905 Kentaro Matsubara -- 9. The Role and Importance of the First Constitution of Mongolia / Batbold Amarsanaa, Masaki Nakamura and Chandraabal Unurbayar.

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"This new book in the Constitutionalism in Asia series considers the idea of origins, and of change and continuity in terms of 'constitution-making', which is an on-going process in the Northeast Asian states. The book examines the drafting, nature, core values and roles of the first modern constitutions during the founding of the eight modern states/territories in Northeast Asia: China (1949) Taiwan (1947) Hong Kong SAR (1997) Macau (1993) Japan (1889) North Korea (1948 or 1972) South Korea (1948) Mongolia (1992) The collection provides: - an exploratory description of the process and substantive inputs in the making of the first constitutions of these nations; - analysis of the internal and external (including intra-regional) forces surrounding the making of these constitutions; and - theoretical construction of models to conceptualise the nature and role of the first constitutions (including constituent documents) in the founding of the modern nation-states and their subsequent impact on state-building in the region."-- Provided by publisher.

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