Comparative Law in Asia : Essays in Honour of Andrew Harding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bui, Ngoc Son, editor.

Pongsapan, Munin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative law.

Law.

Law--Asia.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Hart Publishing, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

A collection of essays in honour of Professor Andrew Harding, a leading scholar in the fields of Asian legal studies and comparative constitutional law.

Contents:

Preface, Andrew Harding (University of Reading Malaysia) Introduction, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK) and Munin Pongsapan (Thammasat University, Thailand) Part I: Comparative Law Methodology and Theory 1. The Grammars of Comparative Law Discourse (A La/Pace Harding), Arif A Jamal (National University of Singapore) 2. Confronting Global Complexity and Crisis: Lessons from the "Nomic Din" in Southeast Asia, Victor V Ramraj (University of Victoria, Canada) 3. Why Comparative Public Law is no Longer a Neglected Discipline: A Tribute to Andrew Harding, Justin Orlando Frosini (Bocconi University, Italy) Part II: Comparative Constitutional Law 4. Comparative Constitutional Law and Asia: Conspectus and Prospectus, Kevin Tan (National University of Singapore) 5. The Westminster Model Constitution Home and Abroad: Texts and Contexts?, Peter Leyland (SOAS, University of London, UK) 6. Wrestling with Eastminster: Monarchy in Malaysia, Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago, USA) 7. Negotiating Religious Federalism in Malaysia, Dian A H Shah (National University of Singapore) 8. Gender Constitutionalism and Reproductive Politics - Lessons from Asia, Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick, UK) 9. Moving Forward in a Backward Democracy: Reflections on the Thai Constitutional Court's Lèse-Majesté Campaign Decision, Rawin Leelapatana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) 10. Independence Captured: Thailand's Independent Accountability Agencies and Democratic Backsliding, Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Part III: Legal Transplants, Law and Development 11. Echoes Of Veracity: Localising the War on Fake News in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, Lasse Schuldt (Thammasat University, Thailand) 12. The Centenary of Thailand's 1923 Civil and Commercial Code: Failure or Beta Test? Surutchada Reekie and Adam Reekie (Thammasat University, Thailand) 13. Local Participatory Democracy Promotes Economic Development: Philippine People Power and the Schumpeterian Proviso, Bryan Dennis Gabito Tiojanco (University of Tokyo, Japan) 14. Local Lawmaking for Urban Development in Late-Colonial Bandung, Indonesia: Looking Back in Anger? Jan Michiel Otto (Leiden University, the Netherlands) Part IV: Comparative Law and Society 15. Religion and the Semi-Autonomous World of Constitutional Law, Benjamin L Berger (York University, Canada) 16. Relational Law and Transplanted Law in Village Thailand, David M Engel (The State University of New York, USA) 17. 'Dual State', Authoritarian Rule of Law and the Case of China, Albert HY Chen (University of Hong Kong)

ISBN:

1-5099-8657-X

1-5099-8655-3

1-5099-8656-1

9781509986552

OCLC:

1547906737