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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...
China's New Enterprise Bankruptcy Lawby Rebecca Parry; Yongqian Xu; Haizheng Zhang
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 134.95This book presents a clear picture of the newly reformed Chinese bankruptcy legal structure. more...
Criminal Justice in Chinaby Mike McConville
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00The political, economic and social transformations that have taken place in China over the last half-century have had a major impact upon the formal methods, institutions and mechanisms used to deal with alleged criminal infractions. This path-breaking book, based upon the largest and most systematic empirical inquiry ever undertaken in China, analyses the extent to which changes to the formal legal structure have resulted in changes to the law in practice. With unprecedented access to prosecution case files, observation of live trials and interviews with judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers, the book paints a uniquely detailed picture of China's criminal justice system as it operates in everyday cases. Among the major themes explored are:... more...
Understanding Trade Lawby Michael J. Trebilcock
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00This book provides a short, straightforward account of the basic structure and principles of international trade law written by one of the leading authorities in this field. The book covers, in a series of short chapters, all the major issues in international trade law, including dispute settlement; the Most Favoured Nation Principle; preferential trade agreements; the National Treatment Principle; contingent protection laws (anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards); trade and agriculture; trade and services; trade and investment; trade-related intellectual property rights; trade policy and domestic health; safety, environmental and labour regulation; and trade policy and developing countries. Each chapter sets out the basic provisions... more...
Modern Chinese Real Estate Lawby Gregory Stein
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 119.95With massive growth taking place in the real estate industry, how can China develop a free market and private ownership of land while still officially subscribing to Communist ideology? This study uses fieldwork interviews to establish how the Chinese real estate market operates in practice from both legal and business perspectives. It describes how the market functions, which laws are applicable and how they are applied, and how a nation can achieve dramatic economic growth so rapidly while its legal system is so unsettled. 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...









