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Indonesian Syariah
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2008; US$ 59.90The creation of a national school of Islamic law in Indonesia has been on the legal agenda for the past fifty years. This book is a summary of what has been achieved. The material shows us a complex range of references for syariah. These include the formal structures of a "new fiqh", philosophies of law, transmissions of syariah through tertiary... more...
Muslim Legal Thought in Modern Indonesia
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 44.00An accessible overview of the religious and social thought of the world's largest Muslim majority nation. more...
The Regulation of Domestic Workers in Indonesia
ILO Publications 2006; US$ 5.00Presents an overview of the law enforcement climate and cultural attitudes with regard to domestic workers. Explains legal norms and reviews related international norms (incl. ILO standards). more...
Indonesia: Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2007; US$ 49.90The success or failure of democratic reform in Indonesia is a key question for Indonesia itself and for the surrounding region. Although Indonesia's transition to democracy holds out the promise of good governance, this cannot be taken for granted as the recent military takeover in Thailand shows. This book is about the challenge of making... more...
Shari'a and Constitutional Reform in Indonesia
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2007; US$ 58.90This book focuses on constitutional reform in Indonesia (19992002) from the perspective of sharia. Since the end of Soehartos New Order government in 1998, Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, has amended the 1945 Constitution four times. Soehartos departure also opened the way for several Muslim groups and political... more...
The 2011 Regulation on the Causes of Civil Action of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 140.00In 2008 the Supreme People's Court (SPC) has promulgated the "Regulations on the Cause of Civil Action". The promulgation of the Regulations has significance in various regards. It clearly signals a new approach of the SPC to systemize and compile the status quo of the Chinese civil law system. The research compiled in this book is therefore going... more...
Tenure Security for Indonesia's Urban Poor
Leiden University Press 2011; US$ 55.00Today, about 1 billion people are estimated to live in 'slums' worldwide. This number will only grow and urban poverty worsen unless radical measures are taken. While it is generally acknowledged in the international development debate that breaking the circle of poverty requires multiple strategies, there is renewed attention for approaches... more...
Environmental Law in Development
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 40.00Asks whether environmental law and policy in developed countries can be successfully transferred to developing countries. This book questions whether developing countries are indeed ready and able to implement various ideas from the developed world, such as integration of environmental law, and use of market-oriented instruments. more...
Modernization, Tradition and Identity
Amsterdam University Press 2010; US$ 49.95This book discusses the legal attitude of judges in Indonesian Islamic courts after a codified legal code was issued in the form of the Kompilasi Hukum Islam. more...
Justice for Forests
World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 14.99Every two seconds, across the world, an area of forest the size of a football field is clear-cut by illegal loggers. In some countries, up to 90% of all the logging taking place is illegal. Estimates suggest that this criminal activity generates approximately US $10-15 bn annually worldwidefunds that are unregulated, untaxed, and often remain... more...









