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  • Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rightsby Rachel Murray; Malcolm Evans

    Hart Publishing Limited 2001; US$ 172.80

    Fourteen years since its establishment,the work of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has not received the attention that should have been paid to its important contributions towards the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. The aim of this publication is to provide not only the basic documents, but also the less... more...

  • The Changing Chinese Legal System, 1978 û Presentby Bin Liang

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 44.95

    This groundbreaking book examines the changing Chinese legal system since 1978. In addition to historical analyses of changes at the economic, political-legal, and social levels, Liang gives special attention to crime and punishment functions of the legal system, and the current judicial system based on field research, i.e., court observations in both... more...

  • Support for Victims of Crime in Asiaby Wing-Cheong Chan

    Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 70.95

    Giving victims of crime a greater role in the criminal justice system is a relatively recent development, a trend likely to continue and increase in the foreseeable future. In many jurisdictions it has led to compensation schemes funded by the state, support for victims of crime to help them recover from their ordeal, and involvement of victims in... more...

  • Transforming Corporate Governance in East Asiaby Curtis Milhaupt; Kon-Sik Kim; Hideki Kanda

    Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 49.95

    Over the past ten years, the corporate governance environment in East Asia has undergone a significant transformation. The Asian Financial crisis, together with Japan?s long economic malaise, undermined confidence in the corporate structures, governance practices, and regulatory oversight of firms in the region. Since that time, each of the countries... more...

  • Courtroom Talk and Neocolonial Controlby Diana Eades

    De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00

    The book examines the social consequences of courtroom talk through detailed investigation of the cross-examination of three Australian Aboriginal boys in the case against six police officers charged with their abduction. Critical sociolinguistic analysis shows how courtroom talk, with its related assumptions about how language works, can serve to... more...

  • Administrative Law and Governance in Asiaby Tom Ginsburg; Albert H.Y. H. Y. Chen

    Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 47.95

    This book examines administrative law in Asia, exploring the profound changes in the legal regimes of many Asian states that have taken place in recent years. Political democratization in some countries, economic change more broadly and the forces of globalization have put pressure on the developmental state model, wherein bureaucrats governed in... more...

  • The Legacies of Lawby Jens Meierhenrich

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 30.00

    Focusing on South Africa from 1650-2000, Meierhenrich examines how law structures democracy in changing societies. more...

  • Interpreting Hong Kong's Basic Lawby Hualing Fu; Lison Harris; Simon Young

    Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 105.00

    This book fills the gap in the understanding of approaches to constitutional law in the Mainland, and to allow comparison with the practices in Hong Kong and internationally. more...

  • Neoliberalism and Institutional Reform in East Asiaby Professor Meredith Jung-En Woo

    Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 115.00

    This book brings together scholars of political economy, law and sociology to interrogate the seemingly unproblematic notions - the rules of law, good corporate governance, and flexible labour market - that inform neoliberal policy prescriptions. It also discusses how these concepts have been translated and practiced in East Asia. more...

  • Divine Justiceby Paul R. Katz

    Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95

    This book considers the ways in which religious beliefs and practices have contributed to the formation of Chinese legal culture. It does so by describing two forms of overlap between religion and the law: the ideology of justice and the performance of judicial rituals. One of the most important conceptual underpinnings of the Chinese ideology... more...