ABSTRACT
A challenging and provocative book that contests the liberal assumption that the rule of law will go hand in hand with a transition to market-based economies and even democracy in East Asia. Using case studies from Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam, the authors argue that the rule of law is in fact more likely to provide political elites with the means closely to control civil society. It is essential, therefore, to locate conceptions of judicial independence and the rule of law more generally within the ideological vocabulary of the state.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|20 pages
The Political Economy of Institutional Reform in Indonesia
The case of intellectual property law
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chapter 10|17 pages
Magic Memos, Collusion and Judges with Attitude
Notes on the politics of law in contemporary Indonesia
chapter 11|24 pages
A Community Changes
Taiwan's Council of Grand Justices and Liberal Democratic reform
chapter 12|17 pages
‘Independence’ and the Judiciary In The PRC
Expectations for constitutional legality in China
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chapter 13|26 pages
Vietnamese Legal Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Contemporary constitutions and courts considered