ISBN:
9789004165182
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 352 p)
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Online-Ressource Brill Nijhoff E-Books Collections : Human Rights and Humanitarian Law ; International Law 2006-2008 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Examining Practice, Interrogating Theory : Comparative Legal Studies in Asia
DDC:
349.5
Keywords:
Law
;
Law
;
Asien
;
Rechtsvergleich
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Preface : comparing in circles / Pierre Legrand -- Expanding the circle : comparative legal studies in transition / Sarah Biddulph and Pip Nicholson -- Developing a decentred analysis of legal transfers / John Gillespie -- Legal culture 'repacked' : drug trials in Vietnam / Pip Nicholson -- The field of crime control and social order : prospects for criminal procedure reform in China / Sarah Biddulph -- Addressing extreme working hours in China : the contributions of regulation theory / Sean Cooney -- Completing Teubner : foreign irritants in China's clinical legal education system and the 'convergence' of imaginations / Michael W. Dowdle -- When words fail : Syariah law in Indonesia, revival, reform or transplantation? / Tim Lindsey -- Desecularising Malaysian law? / Amanda Whiting -- Policing religion : discursive excursions into Singapore's Maintenance of religious harmony act / Jothie Rajah -- The eclipse of the astrologers : King Mongkut, his successors, and the reformation of law in Thailand / Andrew J. Harding
Abstract:
Legal transplantation and reform in the name of globalisation is central to the transformation of Asian legal systems. The contributions to Examining Practice, Interrogating Theory: Comparative Legal Studies in Asia analyse particular legal changes in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The contributions also concurrently critically analyse the utility of scholarly developments in comparative legal studies, particularly discourse analysis; regulatory theory; legal pluralism; and socio-legal approaches, in the study of Asian legal systems. While these approache
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface: Comparing in Circles- PIERRE LEGRAND; Expanding the Circle: Comparative Legal Studies in Transition -- - SARAH BIDDULPH AND PIP NICHOLSON; Developing a Decentred Analysis of Legal Transfers -- - JOHN GILLESPIE; Legal Culture 'Repacked': Drug Trials in Vietnam -- - PIP NICHOLSON; The Field of Crime Control and Social Order: Prospects for Criminal Procedure Reform in China -- - SARAH BIDDULPH; Addressing Extreme Working Hours in China: The Contributions of Regulation Theory -- - SEAN COONEY
Description / Table of Contents:
Completing Teubner: Foreign Irritants in China's Clinical Legal Education System and the 'Convergence' of Imaginations- MICHAEL W. DOWDLEWhen Words Fail: Syariah Law in Indonesia - Revival, Reform or Transplantation? -- - TIM LINDSEY; Desecularising Malaysian Law? -- - AMANDA WHITING; Policing Religion: Discursive Excursions into Singapore's Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act -- - JOTHIE RAJAH; The Eclipse of the Astrologers: King Mongkut, His Successors, and the Reformation of Law in Thailand -- - ANDREW J. HARDING; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004165182.i-354
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