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Sri Lanka’s constitutional ping-pong
The 20th Amendment in historical perspective.
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The myth of mainstream
On the dangerous trajectory of state institutions and popular media in India.
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India’s queer politics after Section 377
On the limits of the Supreme Court decision that decriminalised same-sex acts in India.
Ian Miller | Dec 31, 2018
Judging the judiciary
India’s Supreme Court in the age of neoliberalism.
Rakesh Shukla | Jan 21, 2015
Subduing the control freak
Further along Pakistan´s never-ending democratic transition.
Fahd Husain | Jun 01, 2010
Crisis beyond legality
Will constitutional amendment provide for the social and political needs of the Nepali people and polity? Or a new constitution? And by what procedure?
Hari Roka | Nov 01, 2003
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