Asian courts in context / edited by Jiunn-rong Yeh and Wen-Chen Chang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ye, Junrong, 1958- editor.

Chang, Wen-Chen (Law teacher), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts--East Asia.

Courts.

Courts--South Asia.

Courts--Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 617 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rise of Asia in global political and economic developments has been facilitated in part by a profound transformation of Asian courts. This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of these courts, explaining how their structures differ from courts in the West and how they have been shaped by the current challenges facing Asia. Contributors from across the continent analyze fourteen selected Asian jurisdictions representing varying degrees of development: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, China and Vietnam. Setting the courts of each region in the context of their country's economic, political, and social dynamics, this book shows how and why Asian courts have undergone such profound transformations in recent years and predicts the future trajectories of tradition, transition and globalization to suggest the challenges and developments that lie ahead.

Contents:

Introduction : Asian courts in context : tradition, transition and globalization / Jiunn-rong Yeh & Wen-Chen Chang

Towards a more responsive judiciary : courts and judicial power in Japan / Norikazu Kawagishi

Courts in the Republic of Korea : featuring a built-in authoritarian legacy of centralization and bureaucratization / Jongcheol Kim

Courts and judicial reform in Taiwan : gradual transformations towards the guardian of constitutionalism and rule of law / Wen-Chen Chang

Hong Kong : common law courts in China / Pui Yin Lo

As efficient as the best businesses : Singapore's judicial system / Kevin YL Tan

Legitimacy of courts and the dilemma of their proliferation : the significance of judicial power in India / Jayanth Krishnan

Courts in Indonesia : a mix of western and local character / Hikmahanto Juwana.

The fledgling courts and adjudication system in Mongolia / Batbold Amarsanaa

The Philippines' post-Marcos judiciary : the institutional turn in a populist democracy / Raul C. Pangalangan

Courts in Malaysia and judiciary initiated reforms / Yeow Choy Choong

Courts in Thailand : progressive development as the country's pillar of justice / Pawat Satayanurug and Nattaporn Nakornin

Courts and the adjudication system in Bangladesh : in quest of viable reforms / Ridwanul Hoque

Courts in China : judiciary in the economic and societal transitions / Weixia Gu

Renovating courts : the role of courts in contemporary Vietnam / Pip Nicholson

Conclusion : Challenges and prospects for Asian courts / Jiunn-rong Yeh and Wen-Chen Chang.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-19135-4

1-316-18951-1

1-316-20983-0

1-316-20614-9

1-107-67397-6

1-316-20246-1

1-107-58881-2

1-316-20799-4

1-316-20435-9