The Oxford Handbook of Constitutional Law in Asia (In Progress) David S. Law (ed.) et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825463.001.0001 Published: 2023 Online ISBN: 9780191864247 Print ISBN: 9780198825463 Search in this book CHAPTER https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198825463.013.23 Published: 18 December 2023 Abstract Keywords: social movements, legal mobilization, rights, resistance, constitutional litigation, socio-legal studies Subject: Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law Series: Oxford Handbooks Collection: Oxford Handbooks Online Social Movements  Lynette J. Chua Although social movements and constitutional law are closely connected, their relationship tends to be overlooked in Asian constitutional law scholarship. Drawing from the socio-legal subeld of law and social movements, this chapter highlights the signicance of studying social movements and their relationship to constitutional law in Asia. Because Asian jurisdictions are diverse, running the gamut from liberal democracies to various shades of illiberalism, this chapter does not emphasize any shared characteristics among social movements in the region. Rather, it considers social movement emergence, strategies and tactics, and both litigation and non-litigation outcomes in its examination of the relationship between social movements and constitutional law. It concludes with lessons from the socio-legal study of law and social movements, as well as from legal scholarship that has been inuenced by this eld, to o|er suggestions on how Asian constitutional law scholars could approach the study of movement-constitution dynamics. Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/55080/chapter/430650654 by OUP-Reference Gratis Access user on 21 December 2023