Britain s main imperial possessions in Asia were granted independence in the 1940s and 1950s and needed to craft constitutions for their new states. Invariably the indigenous elites drew upon British constitutional ideas and institutions regardless of the political conditions that prevailed in their very different lands. Many Asian nations called upon the services of Englishman and Law Professor Sir Ivor Jennings to advise or assist their own constitution making. Although he was one of the twentieth century s most prominent constitutional scholars, his opinion and influence were often...
Britain s main imperial possessions in Asia were granted independence in the 1940s and 1950s and needed to craft constitutions for their new states...
Sir Ivor Jennings (1903 65), Downing Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, was one of the twentieth century's most famous and significant constitutional scholars and the author of numerous well-known texts. Beyond his prestigious roles in Britain, Jennings was also very influential internationally as an advisor on constitutional questions during the 1950s and 1960s. This volume brings together for the first time previously unpublished letters, memoranda, diaries and confidential evaluations of constitutional issues, political elites and critical events in Ceylon, Ethiopia, India,...
Sir Ivor Jennings (1903 65), Downing Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, was one of the twentieth century's most famous and significant c...
