In search of a new Sri Lankan constitution
By: V.K. Nanayakkara
Publisher: Stamford Lake Publication
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Colombo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9789556583120
Subjects: Constitutional history; Constitutional law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-488).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Evolution of constitutional government --; title: Dominion (Soulbury) Constitution, 1946 --; title: First Republican Constitution, 1972 --; title: Second Republican Constitution --; title: Separation of powers --; title: Sri Lankan presidency --; title: The cabinet --; title: Eighteenth Amendment --; title: Parliament --; title: The judiciary --; title: Provincial councils : devolution or federalism? --; title: Which regime type suits us most? --; title: Is Sri Lanka a democracy? --; title: Is Sri Lanka a unitary state? --; title: Is Sri Lanka a socialist state? --; title: Is Sri Lanka a secular state? --; title: Towards a Third Republic.