![The Constitutional Fiction of Myanmar’s Coup](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/02/Lady_Justice_cosplayer_in_Myanmar_Military_Coup_Protest_11_February_2021.jpg)
Constitutions don’t always matter much in a coup. But the 2008 Constitution matters to Myanmar’s coup of 1 February. The military has created a constitutional fiction about the coup in a thin attempt to claim legality for its actions. I explain the legal disputes that the military claims are the pretext for exercising constitutional emergency [...]