Examining Sri Lanka's religious and legal pasts, this is the first extended study of Buddhism and constitutional law.

This volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law.

Filling a gap in the fields of comparative law, religious studies, and political science, this is the first comprehensive account of Buddhism's complex entangle

Shah uncovers the complex interaction between constitutional law, religion and politics in three key plural societies in Asia.

The field of comparative constitutional law has grown immensely over the past couple of decades. Once a minor and obscure adjunct to the field of domestic const