| Description |
xxiii, 479 pages ; 24cm |
| Series |
RoutledgeCurzon law in Asia ; 1 |
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RoutledgeCurzon law in Asia ; 1
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| Contents |
Varieties of rule of law : an introduction and provisional conclusion -- Rule of law in the United States -- Rule of law in France -- Competing conceptions of rule of law in China -- Concepts of law in Vietnam : transforming statist socialism -- Rule of law within a nonliberal 'communitarian' democracy : the Singapore experience -- Competing conceptions of rule of law in Malaysia -- Debating rule of law in the Hong Kong special administrative region, 1997-2002 -- Indonesia : devaluing Asian values, rewriting rule of law -- Rule of law in India : theory and practice -- Rule of law and aspects of human rights in Thailand : from conceptualization to implementation? -- The Philippine "People Power" Constitution, rule of law, and the limits of liberal constitutionalism -- Rule of law in Korea : rhetoric and implementation -- The effects of rule of law principles in Taiwan -- Rule of law in Japan |
| Summary |
Rule of law is one of the pillars of the modern world, and widely considered necessary for sustained economic development, the implementation of democracy and the protection of human rights. It has however emerged in Western liberal democracies, and some people question how far it is likely to take root fully in the different cultural, economic and political context of Asia. This book considers how rule of law is viewed and implemented in Asia. Chapters on France and the USA provide a benchmark on how the concept has evolved, is applied and is implemented in a civil law and a common law jurisdiction. These are then followed by twelve chapters on the major countries of East Asia, and India, which consider all the key aspects of this important issue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Rule of law -- Asia.
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Rule of law -- France.
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Rule of law -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme).
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| Author |
Peerenboom, R. P. (Randall P.), 1958-
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| LC no. |
2003011949 |
| ISBN |
9780415326131 |
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0415326133 : |
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9780415326124 paperback |
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0415326125 paperback |
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