Author | Maung, Maung. author |
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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 |
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