| Description |
xxxiii, 626 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The library of essays on law in East Asia |
|
Library of essays on law in East Asia.
|
| Contents |
Colonial law and the genesis of the Indonesian state / Daniel S. Lev -- The transformation of Chinese law : from formal to substantial / Jianfu Chen -- The rule of law and corporate insolvency in six Asian legal systems / Roman Tomasic and Bahrin Kamarul -- The "new" law and development movement in the post-Cold War era : a Vietnam case study / Carol V. Rose -- What have we learned about law and development? : Describing, predicting and assessing legal reforms in China / Randall Peerenboom -- The myth of the reluctant litigant / John Owen Haley -- The effects of liberalization on litigation : notes toward a theory in the context of Japan / Tom Ginsburg and Glenn Hoetker -- China's courts : restricted reform / Benjamin L. Liebman -- The plight of China's criminal defence lawyers / Jerome A. Cohen -- Client influence and the contingency of professionalism : the work of elite corporate lawyers in China / Sida Liu -- The practice of law as an obstacle to justice : Chinese lawyers at work / Ethan Michelson -- Global markets and the evolution of law in China and Japan / Takao Tanase -- Law and society studies in Korea : beyond the Hahm thesis / Kun Yang -- Asian economic crisis, storytelling and legal institutions : a tale of two cities / Roman Tomasic -- Towards gender equity in a developing Asia : reforming personal laws within a pluralist framework / Dinusha Panditaratne -- The pursuit of the Perak regalia : Islam, law, and the politics of authority in the colonial state / Iza Hussin -- The enigma of national law in Indonesia : the Supreme Court's decisions on gender-neutral inheritance / Ratno Lukito -- "We" v "I" : communitarian legalism in Singapore / Eugene K.B. Tan -- Kings in the age of nations : the paradox of lèse-majesté as political crime in Thailand / David Streckfuss -- The metamorphosis of tradition : the idea of law and virtue in East Asian political thought / David Jones |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical referencs and index |
| Subject |
Sociological jurisprudence -- East Asia.
|
|
Rule of law -- East Asia.
|
|
Law reform -- East Asia.
|
|
Practice of law -- East Asia.
|
| Author |
Antons, Christoph, editor of compilation
|
|
Tomasic, Roman, editor of compilation
|
| LC no. |
2012934699 |
| ISBN |
9780754628606 (hbk.) |
|
0754628604 (hbk.) |
|
