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What Price Security?by Andrew Lynch; George Williams
University of NSW Press 2006; US$ 13.95In this timely and important book, Andrew Lynch and George Williams provide a clear and accessible guide to the major components of Australia?s anti-terrorism laws and their effects. They show readers: ? what constitutes a crime of terrorism in Australia ? what powers our main intelligence agency has to question and detain members of the community ? what happens when the authorities seek a control order or an order of preventative detention over an individual? what speech risks making a person liable for the crime of sedition? how judicial processes have been modified for the trial of people charged with terrorism offences Lynch and Williams have contributed vigorously to the public debate since September 11. In What Price Security? they argue... more...
Fictions of Justiceby Kamari Maxine Clarke
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 30.00This book explores how notions of justice are negotiated through everyday micropractices and grassroots contestations of those practices. more...
An Unruly Childby Bruce Kercher
Allen & Unwin 1995; US$ 40.90Provocative history of Australian law since white settlement. more...
Law, Labour and Society in Japanby Anthony Woodiwiss
Routledge 1991; US$ 195.00This book traces the development of Japanese labour law and shows how labour law has been related to the prevailing social, economic and political circumstances. more...
Right to Life in Japanby Noel Williams
Routledge 1997; US$ 195.00The 1947 Constitution confers on Japanese citizens the 'right to life'. Williams examines the meaning of this right, discussing abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment and 'karoshi' - death through overwork. more...
Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asiaby Sean Cooney; Tim Lindsey; Richard Mitchell; Zhu Ying
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 195.00This edited collection examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian Societies - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, The Philippines and Vietnam - and discusses the variation in their impact across the whole region. more...
Religion and Personal Law in Secular Indiaby Gerald James Larson
Indiana University Press 2001; US$ 18.35Though a directive principle of the constitution, a uniform civil code of law has never been written or instituted in India. As a result, in matters of personal law -- the segment of law concerning marriage, dowry, divorce, parentage, legitimacy, wills, and inheritance -- individuals of different backgrounds must appeal to their respective religious laws for guidance or rulings. But balancing the claims of religious communities with those of a modern secular state has caused some intractable problems for India as a nation. Religion and Personal Law in Secular India provides a comprehensive look into the issues and challenges that... more...
Chinese Legal Reformby Yan Wang
RoutledgeCurzon 2001; US$ 195.00At what stage is China's legal reform? Is there a "rule of law" in China? What problems remain in China's legal development? Chinese Legal Reform assesses the legal reforms which have taken place over the past two decades. more...
East Asian Lawby Lucie Cheng; Arthur Rosett; Margaret Woo
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 180.00This book explores the tension in East Asia between the trend towards a convergence of legal practices in the direction of a universal model and a reassertion of local cultural practices. more...
Passage Of Changeby Anita Jowitt; Tess Newton-cain
Pandanus Books 2003; US$ 50.00A collection of essays treating the issues behind modernisation, law and governance in the island nations of the Pacific. more...









