Tag: British constitutional legacy

  • Harshan Kumarasingham: Eastminster: the Westminster model in British Asia

    Harshan Kumarasingham: Eastminster: the Westminster model in British Asia

    Cross-posted from the Constitution Unit blog. The ‘Westminster model’ outside the British Isles tends to be associated with the former British settler colonies such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. In a new book the influence of British ideas on democracy and institutions across the Asian continent is examined. Here the book’s editor, Harshan Kumarasingham, discusses how…