Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law: The Pyrrhic Constitutionalism of Sri Lanka

Schonthal's monograph is the most authoritative peer-reviewed study of Article 9 as a constitutional-legal device. Documents the Supreme Court's evolving doctrine on the Buddha Sasana clause, the Anti-Conversion Bill litigation, the 2002 CFA review, and the structural ways in which entrenchment + duty-to-foster have constrained legislative reform. Crucial — Schonthal is sympathetic to Buddhist tradition and critical of the constitutional architecture, which makes his findings difficult to dismiss as anti-Buddhist polemic.