Law and legal institutions of Asia : traditions, adaptations and innovations / edited by E. Ann Black and Gary F. Bell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Black, E. Ann, editor.

Bell, Gary F., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Asia.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 416 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Law & Legal Institutions of Asia

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The study of Asia and its plural legal systems is of increasing significance, both within and outside Asia. Lawyers, whether in Australia, America or Europe, or working within an Asian jurisdiction, require a sound knowledge of how the law operates across this fast-growing and diverse region. Law and Legal Institutions of Asia is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of eleven key jurisdictions in Asia - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore and the Philippines. Written by academics and practitioners with particular expertise in their state or territory, each chapter uses a breakthrough approach, facilitating cross-jurisdictional comparisons and giving essential insights into how law functions in different ways across the region and in each of the individual jurisdictions.

Contents:

China : legal reform in an emerging socialist market economy / Jiangyu Wang

Hong Kong : maintaining a common law legal system in a non-Western culture / Benny Y.T. Tai

Taiwan : external influences mixed with traditional elements to form its unique legal system / Chang-fa Lo

Japan : the importance and evolution of legal institutions at the turn of the century / Kent Anderson and Trevor Ryan

Korea : bridging the gap between Korean substance and Western form / Youngjoon Kwon

Vietnam : the past 25 years, the present and the future / Dang Xuan Hop

Malaysia : the undermining of its fundamental institutions and the prospects for reform / Tsun Hang Tey

Indonesia : the challenges of legal diversity and law reform / Gary F. Bell

Brunei Darussalam : ideology and law in a Malay sultanate / E. Ann Black

Singapore : a statist legal laboratory / Kevin Y.L. Tan

Philippines : native culture, transplanted institutions and women's rights / Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-21291-X

1-139-01254-1

1-283-01729-6

9786613017291

1-139-00963-X

1-139-01016-6

1-139-00801-3

1-139-00690-8

0-511-92113-6

1-139-00911-7

OCLC:

707068332