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Asian Discourses of Rule of Lawby Randall Peerenboom
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 79.95Rule of law, one of the pillars of the modern world, has emerged in Western liberal democracies. This book considers how rule of law is viewed and implemented in the different cultural, economic and political context of Asia. more...
Human Rights in Asiaby Randal Peerenboom
RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 79.95This book considers how human rights are viewed and implemented in Asia. It covers not just civil and political rights, but also social and economic rights, and cultural rights. more...
Cinema, Law, and the State in Asiaby Corey K. Creekmur; Mark Sidel
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 85.00Explores the intersections of film, justice, and the state in comparative perspective across a range of major Asian countries, including India, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. more...
Cultural Control and Globalization in Asiaby Laikwan Pang
Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 44.95This book challenges the prevailing view of cinema and cinema culture, that Hollywood/the US creates, produces and exports, with other countries importing, sometimes modifying and sometimes pirating 'original' American work. more...
Invisible Gold in Asiaby David Llewelyn
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Ptd Ltd 2010; US$ 5.00All you need to know about the business of Intellectual Property in Asia more...
Asian Legal Revivalsby Yves Dezalay; Bryant G. Garth
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 27.50More than a decade ago, before globalization became a buzzword, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth established themselves as leading analysts of how that process has shaped the legal profession. Drawing upon the insights of Pierre Bourdieu, Asian Legal Revivals explores the increasing importance of the positions of the law and lawyers in South and Southeast Asia. Dezalay and Garth argue that the current situation in many Asian countries can only be fully understood by looking to their differing colonial experiences—and in considering how those experiences have laid the foundation for those societies’ legal profession today. Deftly tracing the transformation of... more...
Breaking the Disciplinesby Marsha Meskimmon; Martin L. Davies
I.B.Tauris 2003; US$ 94.00International scholars explore the ways in which knowledge actually operates, showing the limitations of now outmoded disciplines. Coming from fields as diverse as anthropology, philosophy, literature, aesthetics and art practice, together they break down the boundaries between entrenched domains of knowledge. Studies of objects which confound traditional definitions - including a mechanical cow invented by an Irish farmer, and the curious case of a mechanical monk - show how a close look at an individual object can, paradoxically, open up dynamic new "reconceptions" of traditional systems of knowledge. With social uses of knowledge currently a matter of public debate, this should be a timely text. more...
Law and Power in the Islamic Worldby Sami Zubaida
I.B.Tauris 2003; US$ 59.95Islamic law (the Shari'a) and its application is a central issue in contemporary Islamic politics and culture. Starting from modern concerns, this book examines the origins and evolution of the Shari'a and the corpus of texts, concepts and practices in which it has been enshrined. The central paradox in this history is one of power: the Shari'a is jurist's law, theoretically derived from sacred sources, yet dependent for its institution and application on rulers, with their own agendas and priorities. Sami Zubaida here considers key historical episodes of political accommodations and contests between scholars and sultans. Drawing on modern examples, mainly from Egypt and Iran, Zubaida explores how the Shari'a has evolved... more...
Rechtsreformen entlang der Seidenstraßeby Rolf Knieper
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2010; US$ 47.18Hauptbeschreibung Der Autor zieht Bilanz aus einer mehr als 15jährigen Beratung von Rechts- und Justizreformen in allen Ländern Zentralasiens, des südlichen Kaukasus, der Volksrepublik China, der Russischen Föderation, der Ukraine, der Mongolei und Moldawiens. An konkreten Problemlagen zeigt er die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Übertragung und Rezeption von Gesetz und Recht. Die Konzepte und Methoden werden im Bereich Zivil- und Zivilprozessrecht, Gesellschaftsrecht und beim Aufbau der Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsinstitutionen dargestellt. Der Transformationsprozess erweist sich als langfristige Aufgabe, die Geduld und Überzeugungsarbeit braucht und ein Vertrauensverhältnis voraussetzt, das den Vorwurf des Rechtsimperialismus und der Einmischung... more...
Intellectual Property, Competition Law and Economics in Asiaby Ian McEwin
Hart 2011; US$ 180.00This book results from a conference held in Singapore in September 2009 that brought together distinguished lawyers and economists to examine the differences and similarities in the intersection between intellectual property and competition laws in Asia. The prime focus was how best to balance these laws to improve economic welfare. Countries in Asia have different levels of development and experience with intellectual property and competition laws. Japan has the longest experience and now vigorously enforces both competition and intellectual property laws. Most other countries in Asia have only recently introduced intellectual property laws (due to the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement) and competition... more...
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