The Sri Lankan Republic at 40: Reflections on Constitutional History, Theory and Practice

Asanga Welikala (ed.) · Centre for Policy Alternatives (2012)

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Authoritative CPA collection on the 1972 republican constitution as a constitutional revolution, not a legitimate amendment. Welikala documents that the unilateral abrogation of Soulbury §29(2) minority safeguards proceeded without Tamil consent and that no Tamil-side constituent process was incorporated. The legal-historical anchor for the conditional-sovereignty argument.

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