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Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Hart Publishing Limited 2001; US$ 172.80Fourteen 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 Present
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 44.95This 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 Asia
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 70.95Giving 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 Asia
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 49.95Over 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 Control
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00The 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 Asia
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 47.95This 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 Law
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 30.00Focusing on South Africa from 1650-2000, Meierhenrich examines how law structures democracy in changing societies. more...
Interpreting Hong Kong's Basic Law
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 105.00This 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 Asia
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 115.00This 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 Justice
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95This 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...









