Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS viii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. A: THE CONSTITUTION
6. I. THE MAKING OF A NEW CONSTITUTION - A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS 3
7. II: PREPARATION FOR THE NATIONAL REFERENDUM "TOWARDS ENSURING THOROUGHNESS" 27
8. III: REPORT ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION 30
9. IV: RESULTS OF THE REFERENDUM ON THE NEW STATE CONSTITUTION 72
10. V: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF BURMA 73
11. B: ELECTIONS OF 1974 AND ORGANIZING THE NEW GOVERNMENT
12. VI : CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE FIRST PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY AND THE FORMATION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF BURMA 131
13. VII: THE ELECTIONS LAW, 1973 132
14. VIII: NOTE ON THE ELECTIONS TO THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY AND LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ELECTED JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1974 157
15. IX: SOVEREIGN STATE POWER TRANSFERRED TO PYITHU HLUTTAW 171
16. X: BURMA 1S CONSTITUTION OF 1974 AT WORK: SOME GLIMPSES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL 173