Reforming justice : a journey to fairness in Asia / Livingston Armytage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armytage, Livingston, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Asia.

Justice, Administration of.

Law reform--Asia.

Law reform.

Technical assistance, Australian--Asia.

Technical assistance, Australian.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 365 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Despite the disappointing results of fifty years of judicial reform, evidence from Asia suggests that a shift in justice reform efforts could result in important progress being made. Livingston Armytage argues that reform should focus on promoting fairness and equity, as opposed to economic growth and good governance. Justice is constitutive to human wellbeing and cannot be trumped by economics. Finding a balance between utility and aggregate wellbeing on the one hand and equity and individual wellbeing on the other is at the crux of this important book.

Contents:

History and context

Nature and critique of reforms

Theories of reform

Empirical evidence

Evaluating aid

Evaluating judicial reform

ADB's judicial reform experience in Asia : 1990-2007

AusAID's program in Papua New Guinea, 2003-2007

Voices of the Asia Pacific experience

The way forward.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781139012133

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