No concessions : the life of Yap Thiam Hien, Indonesian human rights lawyer / Daniel S. Lev ; introduction by Benedict Anderson ; and contributions by Arlene O. Lev ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lev, Daniel S.

Contributor:

Lev, Arlene O. (Arlene Offenhender)

Anderson, Benedict.

Series:

Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies.

Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yap, Thiam Hien, 1913-1989.

Yap, Thiam Hien.

Lawyers--Indonesia--Biography.

Lawyers.

Chinese--Indonesia--Biography.

Chinese.

Human rights--Indonesia.

Human rights.

Indonesia--Politics and government--20th century.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A biography of human rights lawyer Yap Thiam Hien (1913-1989) that focuses on the country's contemporary political turmoil and struggle for human rights, the workings of Indonesia's legal system, and the history of the Chinese community there."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Aceh

Java

Batavia

From Sukabumi to Leiden

Jakarta

Hazardous waters

At sea in peranakan politics

The Baperki wars

Out of the ethnic cage

Into New Order Indonesia

Early New Order battlefields

Reform frontiers

Law as politics : a sidetrip to detention

Epilogue : a steady course / Arlene O. Lev

Postscript : New Order landmark cases / Sebastiaan Pompe and Ibrahim Assegaf

Appendix : defense summation in Asep Suryaman trial / Yap Thiam Hien.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9780295801773

0295801778

OCLC:

778463076