課程資訊
課程名稱
 亞洲憲法專題討論
Constitutionalism in Asia 
開課學期
 113-1 
授課對象
 法律學院  法律研究所  
授課教師
 張文貞 
課號
 LAW5245 
課程識別碼
 A21EU5080 
班次
  
學分
 2.0 
全/半年
 半年 
必/選修
 選修 
上課時間
 星期一8,9(15:30~17:20) 
上課地點
 霖研四1701 
備註
 本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限：39人
外系人數限制：5人 
  
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課程概述

This course is designed to offer an up-to-date understanding of constitutionalism in Asia, covering a representative number of Asian jurisdictions including China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, South Korea, Taiwan and the ten ASEAN states. The students are introduced to leading constitutional cases and selected materials in those jurisdictions and guided to critically examine constitutional jurisprudences developed in those Asian jurisdictions and compared them with what has been developed elsewhere, particularly in the West.

Due to the time constraint, this course does not cover all topics related to constitutionalism in Asia, but instead focuses only on some key subjects including: 1) constitution-making and state-building; 2) transitional, transnational and Asian constitutionalism; and 3) judicial review ranging from institutional designs of judicial review to judicial appointment and judicial independence, and to forms of judicial decisions and remedies
 

課程目標
 This course have three goals to achive:

1. This course aims to introduce the students different approaches to view the constitutional dynamics of Asian jurisdictions, and to grasp the distinctive features in Asian constitutions that may be different from the West.

2. By focusing on the judicial power and judicial review mechanisms, this course invites to consider different choices on the institutional designs and the impacts on the check and balance from a comparative perspective.

3. Lastly, through the selected reading materials, this course also aims to improve the ability of students to deal with cases and materials from different jurisdictions.
 
課程要求
  
預期每週課前或/與課後學習時數
  
Office Hours
  
指定閱讀
 1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014)

2. Other selected cases and reading materials
 
參考書目
  
評量方式
(僅供參考)
  
  1. 本校尚無訂定 A+ 比例上限。
  2. 本校採用等第制評定成績，學生成績評量辦法中的百分制分數區間與單科成績對照表僅供參考，授課教師可依等第定義調整分數區間。詳見學習評量專區 (連結)。
 
課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
 9/2  Course Introduction 
Week 2
 9/9  Constitution-making and State-building

Reading Materials:
WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 9-64. [Constitution-making and State-Building] 
Week 3
 9/16  Asian Values and Constitutional Culture: Asian Constitutionalism?

Reading Materials:
1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 65-126. [Constitutional Cultures in Asia]
2. Wen-Chen Chang, 2021.12, Asian values, Confucianism, and illiberal constitutions, in ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF ILLIBERALISM (András Sajó, Renáta Uitz & Stephen Holmes eds.) Routledge Publishing, pp. 82-93.

Optional:
1. Jiunn-rong Yeh, 2010, The Emergence of Asian Constitutionalism, 4 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 39, pp. 39-53.
2. Yi-Li Lee & Wen- Chen Chang, 2022.11, Mixed Constitutions in East Asia: South Korea and Taiwan as Examples, 16(2) LAW & ETHICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 273, 273-294. 
Week 4
 9/23  Nature of Judicial Review: Judicial Power

Reading Materials:
1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 307-327. [Nature of Judicial Review]
2. [Malaysia Case] Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd v. Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hulu Langat and another case, 3 MLJ 561 [2017]
3. [Taiwan Case] J.Y. Interpretation No. 530 
Week 5
 9/30  No class this week 
Week 6
 10/7  Institutional Design of Judicial Review (1): Centralized Model

Reading Materials:
1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 327-342. [Centralized Model]
2. Wen-Chen Chang & Yi-Li Lee, 2018.09, Competition or Collaboration: Constitutional Review by Multiple Final Courts, in COMPARATIVE JUDICIAL REVIEW (Erin F. Delaney & Rosalind Dixon, eds.) Edward Elgar, pp. 164-183.
3. Tom Ginsburg, 2008, Constitutional Courts in East Asia: Understanding Variation, 3 JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW 80, 80-99. 
Week 7
 10/14  Institutional Design of Judicial Review (2): Decentralized Model

Reading Materials:
1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 342-349. [Decentralized Model] 
Week 8
 10/21  Subject of Judicial Review (1): Constitutional Amendment & Law or Parliamentary Resolution

Reading Materials:
1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 349-356. [Constitutional Amendment & Law or Parliamentary Resolution]
2. [Taiwan Case] J.Y. Interpretation No. 721 
Week 9
 10/28  Subject of Judicial Review (2): Administrative Rule, Emergency Decrees & Judicial Decision

Reading Materials:
1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 356-368. [Administrative Rule, Emergency Decrees & Judicial Decision]
2. [Singapore Case] Han Hui Hui and others v. Attorney-General [2022] SGHC 141. 
Week 10
 11/4  Judicial Appointment, Organization and Independence

Reading Materials:
1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 369-396. [Judicial Appointment, Organization and Independence] 
Week 11
 11/11  Forms of Judicial Decisions and Remedies

Reading Materials:
1. WEN-CHEN CHANG, LI-ANN THIO, KEVIN YL TAN AND JIUNN-RONG YEH EDS, CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA: CASES AND MATERIALS (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2014), pp. 443-461. [Judicial Appointment, Organization and Independence] 
Week 12
 11/18  Gender Equality in Review

Reading Materials:
1. Ruth Rubio-Marín, Wen-Chen Chang, Mara Malagodi & Kelley Loper, 2024.01, Gender Constitutionalism in Asia: A Comparative Framework, in GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA (Wen-Chen Chang et al. eds.) Hart Publishing, pp. 1-25.
2. [Taiwan Case] J.Y. Interpretation No. 748
3. [India Case] Navtej Johar v. Union of India,Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 76 of 2016 (Decision on 6 September 2018)  
Week 13
 11/25  Environmental Issue in Review

Reading Materials:
1. Sudha Kavuri & Anjana Ramanathan, 2022, Climate Change Litigation: Chronicles from the Global South. A Comparative Study, 28 COMPARATIVE LAW REVIEW 169, 169-199.
2. [Nepal Case] Advocate Padam Bahadur Shrestha, a resident of Kathmandu District, Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Ward No 10, Baneshwor Vs. The office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Singhadurbar, Kathmandu and others [2018] Supreme Court Decision No. 10210 (unofficial translation)
3. [Nepal Case] On behalf of Pro Public and on his own behalf, Advocate Prakash Mani Sharma, a resident of Ward No. 14, Kuleshwar, Kathmandu Metropolis, Kathmandu District and Others Vs. Godavari Marble Industries Pvt. Ltd. and others [2015] (unofficial translation)  
Week 14
 12/2  Public Health Emergency in Review

Reading Materials:
1. Wen-Chen Chang & Chun-Yuan Lin, 2022.05, Taiwan’s Effective Pandemic Control with Dialogic Constitutionalism, in ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK ON LAW AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (Joelle Grogan & Alice Donald eds.) Routledge Publishing, pp. 311-323.
2. [India Case] Small Scale Industrial Manufactures Association (Regd.) v. Union of India and others, AIRONLINE 2021 SC 165 
Week 15
 12/9  Conclusion and Final Discussion

Transitional Constitutionalism

Reading Materials:
1. Jiunn-rong Yeh & Wen-Chen Chang, 2009, The Changing Landscape of Modern Constitutionalism: Transitional Perspective, 4 NTU LAW REVIEW 145, 145-183.
2. Jiunn-rong Yeh & Wen-Chen Chang, 2013, A Decade of Changing Constitutionalism in Taiwan: a Transitional and Transnational Perspective, in CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ASIA IN THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (Albert Chen eds.) Cambridge University Press, pp. 141-168.

Transnational Constitutionalism

Reading Materials:
1. Jiunn-rong Yeh & Wen-Chen Chang, 2008, The Emergence of Transnational Constitutionalism: Its Features, Challenges and Solutions, 27 PENN STATE INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW 89, 89-124.
2. Wen-Chen Chang & Jiunn-rong Yeh, 2013, Judges as Discursive Agent: The Use of Foreign Precedents by the Constitutional Court of Taiwan, in THE USE OF FOREIGN PRECEDENTS BY CONSTITUTIONAL JUDGES (Tania Groppi and Marie-Claire Ponthoreau eds.) Hart Publishing, pp. 373-392.
 
Week 16
 12/16  Final reflection paper submission due