PP991
Analítico de Periódico
MIELE, Matteo
Isolamento ed interdipendenza, tradizione ed impermanenza : note sul percorso costituzionale del Bhutan / Matteo Miele
Annuario di Diritto Comparato e di Studi Legislativi, v.8 (2017), p.381-404
DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL / Butão, HISTÓRIA CONSTITUCIONAL / Butão, HISTÓRIA / Butão, TRADIÇÃO / Butão, CULTURA / Butão, GLOBALIZAÇÃO
The paper proposes an analysis of the constitutional and historical path of Bhutan, a small Himalayan country formed in the first half of the seventeenth century and under the authority of the Wangchuck dynasty since 1907. Since the 1950s and through the work of the third, fourth and fifth kings, the royal dynasty led a process of institutional democratic reforms, the result of which was the written constitution of 2008. The constitutional journey was parallel to a path of openness towards the outside world and to the processes of globalization. The paper therefore highlights some aspects of the Bhutanese reforms over the decades and the approach of the Wangchuck monarchy to the globalization processes. The study is taken from the perspective of a Tibetan Buddhist country and, as such, its approach to the outside world. Lastly, some technical aspects of the Bhutanese Parliament are provided. The paper is an invitation to reconsider the universality, in the light of the particular Bhutanese institutional path, of some definitions of the juridical and political sciences as conceived by Western cultural tradition.