All Outputs (8)

From Post-Conflict Coalitions to Regime Consolidation: Constitutional Amendments in Cambodia (2024)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, B. (2024). From Post-Conflict Coalitions to Regime Consolidation: Constitutional Amendments in Cambodia. In N. Son Bui, & M. Malagodi (Eds.), Asian Comparative Constitutional Law, Volume 2. Bloomsbury Publishing

The National Assembly and Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia (2023)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, B. (2023). The National Assembly and Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia. In P. Jen Yap, & R. Abeyratne (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Asian Parliaments (125-142). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003109402-10

Reconstituting the Divided Sangha: Buddhist Authority in Post-Conflict Cambodia (2022)
Book Chapter
Lawrence, B. (2022). Reconstituting the Divided Sangha: Buddhist Authority in Post-Conflict Cambodia. In T. Ginsburg, & B. Schonthal (Eds.), Buddhism and Constitutional Law (220-238). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009286022.015

The Symbolic Safeguard: Royal Absence in Cambodia’s Constitutional Monarchy (2022)
Journal Article
Lawrence, B. (2022). The Symbolic Safeguard: Royal Absence in Cambodia’s Constitutional Monarchy. Asian Journal of Law and Society, 9(3), 382-398. https://doi.org/10.1017/als.2022.31

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.

Authoritarian Constitutional Borrowing and Convergence in Cambodia (2021)
Journal Article
Lawrence, B. (2021). Authoritarian Constitutional Borrowing and Convergence in Cambodia. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 43(2), 321-344. https://doi.org/10.1355/cs43-2e

Outlawing Opposition, Imposing Rule of Law: Authoritarian Constitutionalism in Cambodia (2020)
Journal Article
Lawrence, B. (2020). Outlawing Opposition, Imposing Rule of Law: Authoritarian Constitutionalism in Cambodia. Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 15(2), 225-249. https://doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.2021.4

Cambodia's Constitution, promulgated in September 1993, was to be the foundation of a transition to liberal, multiparty democracy. Yet, despite the document's seeming commitment to those very principles, constitutional provisions are frequently used... Read More about Outlawing Opposition, Imposing Rule of Law: Authoritarian Constitutionalism in Cambodia.