Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that enshrine both Islam and liberal
rights. While not necessarily at odds, these dual commitments nonetheless provide legal …

How do violent jihadists use language to try to persuade people to carry out violent acts?
This book analyses over two million words of texts produced by violent jihadists to identify …

Constitutional Statecraft in Asian Courts explores how courts engage in constitutional state-
building in aspiring, yet deeply fragile, democracies in Asia. Yvonne Tew offers an in-depth …

However, some countries unabashedly misuse the label of “democracy” to boost their
country's image and hide the true nature of their governments. North Korea is an extreme …

Names: Dressel, Bjèorn, editor.| Bèunte, Marco, 1970–editor. Title: Politics and constitutions
in Southeast Asia/edited by Marco Bèunte and Bjèorn Dressel. Description: Abingdon, Oxon; …

Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, one Muslim-majority country after
another adopted constitutional provisions meant to incorporate Islam into the legal order. In …

Building on current research regarding constitutional migration, this article shows how
constitutional provisions protecting religious freedom (“subject to public order”) arrived in the …

This paper posits that certain Muslim minority and Muslim reformist groups that propagate
non-mainstream viewpoints on Islam were securitised by the Malaysian state as societal …

This article examines the intersection of religious freedom and minority protection within the
Asian context. It argues that, to the extent that a focus on minority protection draws greater …

This article examines the publicly discussed 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)
scandal and its impact on Malaysian domestic politics. Following this case, Najib Razak as …