Author	Maung, Maung. author
Title	Burma's Constitution [electronic resource] / by Maung Maung
Imprint	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1961
Edition	Second Edition Revised and Enlarged
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8892-0
Descript	340 p. online resource

In his former work, Burma in the Family oj Nations, Dr. Maung Maung has already gained an international reputation as a student of public affairs in Burma; in this new book he earns fresh laurels. It is mainly in two parts. In Part I he traces the genesis of the Constitution and in Part II he explains it. The first part outlines the constitutional progress of Burma under British rule, the changes under Dr. Ba Maw during the Japanese occupation, and further developments until the attainment of independence by the Antiยญ Fascist People's Freedom League. Nowhere else can one find such a clear and comprehensive account of the political evolution of Burma since 1931, doubly significant by the Saya San rebellion and the birth of the Thakin movement; its value is enhanced by the reproduction of three documents not otherwise readily accessible: the interim Constitution under the Japanese; the Panglong Agreement, in which the Hill Peoples undertook to co-operate in framing the Constitution for the Union of Burma; and the original draft Constitution which the AFPFL published in May 1947 for consideration by the Constituent Assembly

I. The Story of the Constitution -- I. Annexation and British Rule -- II. War and Japanese Occupation -- III. Liberation and Fulfilment -- II. The Constitution at Work -- I. Form of State -- II. Fundamental Rights -- III. Peasants and Workers -- IV. Directive Principles of State Policy -- V. The President -- VI. Parliament -- VII. The Union Government -- VIII. The Union Judiciary -- IX. The States -- X. Amendment of the Constitution -- XI. International Relations -- XII. General Provisions -- XIII. Transitory Provisions -- XIV. End of an Era -- Appendices -- I. Opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown on annexation of Burma -- II. The constitution of Burma under Japanese occupation -- III. The Panglong Agreement, 1947 -- IV. Draft constitution approved by the AFPFL convention, May 1947 -- V. Members of the constitution drafting committees, and staff, Constituent Assembly, June-September 1947 -- VI. Prime Minister U Nu's motion in the Constituent Assembly to adopt the constitution, September 24, 1947 -- VII. The Constitution of the Union of Burma, with amendments -- VIII. The Constitution Amendment Act, 1951 -- IX. The Constitution Amendment Act, 1961 -- X. Boundary Treaty between Burma and China, October 1, 1960 -- XI. Chronology of Events