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Saffron Suffrage: Buddhist Monks and Constitutional Politics in Cambodia (2022)
Journal Article
Lawrence, B. (2022). Saffron Suffrage: Buddhist Monks and Constitutional Politics in Cambodia. Journal of Law and Religion, 37(2), 259-283. https://doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2022.16

As one of the world’s only constitutions to recognize Theravada Buddhism as the state religion yet not include a religious exemption to the universal franchise for its monastic community, Cambodia’s Constitution stands out as an anomaly. This article... Read More about Saffron Suffrage: Buddhist Monks and Constitutional Politics in Cambodia.

New constitutional rites: indigeneity, legal pluralism and the international finance corporation’s performance standards in Cambodia (2022)
Journal Article
Lawrence, B. (2022). New constitutional rites: indigeneity, legal pluralism and the international finance corporation’s performance standards in Cambodia. Legal Pluralism and Critical Social Analysis, 54(1), 48-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/27706869.2022.2050030

Globalisation is radically reconfiguring traditional understandings of constitutional law. A prime example of this trend would be the International Finance Corporation, whose Performance Standards have been described as a private-law Bill of Rights.... Read More about New constitutional rites: indigeneity, legal pluralism and the international finance corporation’s performance standards in Cambodia.