Separation of religion and law?: Buddhism, secularism and the constitution of Bhutan

Buffalo Law Review

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 707-711

  Whitecross, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548349299     PISSN: 00239356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (8)

1. For an excellent and accessible translation, see THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD 320-41 (Graham Coleman & Thupten Jinpa eds., Gyurme Dorje trans., 2005).
2. REBECCA REDWOOD FRENCH, THE GOLDEN YOKE: THE LEGAL COSMOLOGY OF BUDDHIST TIBET 150 (1995).
3. The Influence of Buddhism on the Bhutanese Trial System, KUENSEL, Dec. 6, 2003.
4. DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF BHUTAN art. 3(1) (second version, August 2005), available at www.constitution.bt.
5. Article 3(3) of the draft constitution sets out the relationship between the state and the Central Monk Body. Further references throughout the draft constitution stresses the separation of state and religion. For further details, see The Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan, www.constitution.bt (last visited June 2, 2007).
6. Lay monks can vote, BHUTAN OBSERVER, Feb. 2, 2007.
7. Based on private discussions with Bhutanese.
8. See DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF BHUTAN art. 2(2) (second version, August 2005), available at www.constitution.bt.