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On transitional justice in Sri Lanka.

Suggestions and comments by women, for the proposed New Constitution for Sri Lanka.

On constitutional law, and amendments in Sri Lanka.

• An historical outline of the origin of the prerogative writs
• Writ of mandamus in the legal system of Sri Lanka
• Substantive law relating to the writ of mandamus in Sri Lanka
• Effect of the absence of conditions precedent to the issue of the writ : the Sri Lankan experience
• Constitutional and other restrictions on judicial review
• Efficacy of the writ of mandamus.

On constitutional amendments in Sri Lanka.

• Acknowledgments
• Commonly used abbreviations
• A note on translation and language
• 1. Introduction: religion, law and the pyrrhic constitutionalism of Sri Lanka
• Part I. The Past Lives of the Buddhism Chapter: 2. Managing religion at the end of empire
• 3. Contesting constitutions in the 1950s and 1960s
• 4. Multivalent solutions: drafting the Buddhism chapter
• Part II. From Creation to Implementation: 5. Legal battles for Buddhism
• 6. Battles within Buddhism
• 7. Constitutional conversions
• 8. Conclusion: the costs of constitutional law
• References
• Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

It is widely assumed that a well-designed and well-implemented constitution can help ensure religious harmony in modern states. Yet how correct is this assumption? Drawing on groundbreaking research from Sri Lanka, this book argues persuasively for another possibility: when it comes to religion, relying on constitutional law may not be helpful, but harmful; constitutional practice may give way to pyrrhic constitutionalism. Written in a lucid and direct style, and aimed at both specialists and non-specialists, Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law explains why constitutional law has deepened, rather than diminished, conflicts over religion in Sri Lanka. Examining the roles of Buddhist monks, civil society groups, political coalitions and more, the book provides the first extended study of the legal regulation of religion in Sri Lanka as well as the first book-length analysis of the intersections of Buddhism and contemporary constitutional law.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Managing religion at the end of empire
• Contesting constitutions in the 1950s and 1960s
• Multivalent solutions : drafting the Buddhism chapter
• Legal battles for Buddhism
• Battles within Buddhism
• Constitutional conversions.

It is widely assumed that a well-designed and well-implemented constitution can help ensure religious harmony in modern states. Yet how correct is this assumption? Drawing on groundbreaking research from Sri Lanka, this book argues persuasively for another possibility: when it comes to religion, relying on constitutional law may not be helpful, but harmful; constitutional practice may give way to pyrrhic constitutionalism. Written in a lucid and direct style, and aimed at both specialists and non-specialists, Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law explains why constitutional law has deepened, rather than diminished, conflicts over religion in Sri Lanka. Examining the roles of Buddhist monks, civil society groups, political coalitions and more, the book provides the first extended study of the legal regulation of religion in Sri Lanka as well as the first book-length analysis of the intersections of Buddhism and contemporary constitutional law.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction. Why a text on Buddhist ecclesiastical law and its coverage and the Buddha
• Religion and law on Buddhist ecclesiastical law
• Buddhism, the Buddhist priesthood, Buddhist temples and temporalities under the Sinhalese kings
• Knowledge of Buddhis in the Western world and under the early British administration in Ceylon
• The British government's approach to the Buddhist religion and Buddhist temporalities (1796-1900)
• About the judiciary, the legal profession, early textwriters and British administrators connected with the development of Buddhist ecclesiastical law
• The importance of customary practices, jurisdiction of Buddhist ecclesiastical courts and examples of expert evidence and royal sannasas (grants) to Buddhist temples
• Legislation relating to Buddhist temples, the Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance and service tenures legislation
• Religious trusts, trusts law and the application of trust law to Buddhist temples and temporalities
• Public officers under the Buddhist temporalities legislation : the commissioner of Buddhist affairs, the public trustee, and the registrar-general
• Buddhist "temples" are not juristic persons and have no legal personality
• Viharadhipati (incumbent) of a temple
• Law governing succession to incumbency (viharadhipatiship) of Buddhist temples
• Legal position to relating to bhikkus, pupillage, robing, ordination, register of bhikkus, right to residence and maintenance in temples and grounds for eviction
• Renunciation/abandonment of a temple by a Viharadipati and disrobing by a bhikku
• Buddhist temples and Sanghika property (property dedicated to the priesthood)
• Pudglika (personal) property of a Buddhist monk and right of inheritance to his lay family
• Rules relating to prescription and limitation of actions in Buddhist ecclesiastical litigation
• Res judicata and other rules of civil procedure and evidence law in Buddhist ecclesiastical litigation
• Legal aspects of wrongful conduct of bhikkus and expulsion from the priesthood
• Photo gallery of personalities, institutions, and events connected with the development of Buddhist ecclesiastical law
• Judicial decisions relating to the Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) and the Diyawadane Nilame
• Landmark judicial decisions relating to historic Buddhist temples and institutions : Sripadasthana (Adam's Peak), Mulgirigala, Dambulla, Kelaniya and the Vidyodaya Pirivena
• The "Gampola Perahera" case, riots and martial law (1915)
• The Anuradhapura "Atamasthanaya" case (1978-1988)
• A bhikku's right to be enrolled as a lawyer, right to a driving licence and employment in public service
• Judicial decisions relating to devales, Kapuralas and rituals
• Miscellaneous cases relating to bhikkus and trustees and Buddhist temples and an overview of past judicial decisions no longer relevant
• "Constituting" Buddhism in Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka's constitutional provisions in relation to Buddhism
• The future of Buddhist ecclesiastical law.