"By vigorously opposing all unjust and oppressive laws, and by helping restore the principle of the Rule of Law, the Burma Lawyers' Council aims to contribute to the transformation of Burma where all the citizens enjoy the equal protection of law under the democratic federal constitution which will guarantee fundamentals of human rights."


Journal of Constitutional Affairs No. 6

The 6th issue contains the following articles:

  • Lessons form the Past (Prof. Josef Silverstein) (Translation);
  • Constitution and the Constitutional Court - Thailand's experience;
  • Judicial Independence;
  • Amending the Constitution - the Philippines experience;
  • The June 1999 General Elections of Indonesia;
  • The 1998 Cambodian General Elections and Rule of Law;
  • Bureaucracy

Journal of Constitutional Affairs No. 5

The 5th issue contains the following articles:

  • Drafting a constitution: a relationship between texts and the drafting process;
    an observation on the 1996 South African Constitution;
  • Solving ethnic conflicts:Sri-Lanka experiences;
  • Pyidaungzu (Union), Federalism and Burman Elites;
  • An introduction to 1997 Thai constitution - A brief observation;
  • Record of constitutional seminars - Bangkok seminar 1998 (May) and New Delhi seminar (1998 December)

Journal of Constitutional Affairs No. 3

The 3rd issue contains the following articles:

  • Introduce to Constitution
  • The book The Union of Burma, which refer to the 1947 Constitution and the 8888 uprising
  • The study of the system of the parliamentary government and the presidential government
  • The lost of Ma Nar Plaw and the Political Knowledge of the People
  • The report of the DAB's Constituitonal Drafting Commmittee concerning the Drafting of the (Future) Federal Union of Burma Constituitonal (Draft)
  • The Parliament
  • Justice and Law in Burma (English)

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