The 1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka in the Postcolonial Constitutional Evolution of Sri Lanka

Asanga Welikala (ed.) — Republic at 40 · Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), Colombo (2023)

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Peer-reviewed CPA scholarship anchoring the case-organ article on the 1972 First Republican Constitution. Documents the constitutional removal of minority-rights protections inherited from the Soulbury Constitution and the elevation of Buddhism + Sinhala. Pairs with cpa-republic-at-40-ch7.

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