Law and Society in East Asia

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Contents: Introduction: law reform and legal change in East Asia Part I Legal Change, Law Reform and the Rule of Law: Colonial law and the genesis of the Indonesian state, Daniel S. Lev The transformation of Chinese law - from formal to substantial, Jianfu Chen The rule of law and corporate insolvency in six Asian legal systems, Roman Tomasic and Bahrin Kamarul The 'new' law and development movement in the post-Cold War era: a Vietnam case study, Carol V. Rose What have we learned about law and development? Describing, predicting and assessing legal reforms in China, Randall Peerenboom. Part II Courts and Dispute Resolution: The myth of the reluctant litigant, John Owen Haley The effects of liberalization on litigation: notes toward a theory in the context of Japan, Tom Ginsburg and Glenn Hoetker China's courts: restricted reform, Benjamin L. Liebman. Part III Lawyers and Lawyering: The plight of China's criminal defence lawyers, Jerome A. Cohen Client influence and the contingency of professionalism: the work of elite corporate lawyers in China, Sida Liu The practice of law as an obstacle to justice: Chinese lawyers at work, Ethan Michelson. Part IV Law, Society and Legal Culture: Global markets and the evolution of law in China and Japan, Takao Tanase Law and society studies in Korea: beyond the Hahm thesis, Kun Yang Asian economic crisis, storytelling and legal institutions - a tale of two cities, Roman Tomasic. Part V Legal Pluralism, Religion and Gender: Towards gender equity in a developing Asia: reforming personal laws within a pluralist framework, Dinusha Panditaratne The pursuit of the Perak regalia: Islam, law, and the politics of authority in the colonial state, Iza Hussin The enigma of national law in Indonesia: the Supreme Court's decisions on gender-neutral inheritance, Ratno Lukito. Part VI Law, Tradition and 'Asian Values': 'We' v 'I': communitarian legalism in Singapore, Eugene K.B. Tan Kings in the age of nations: the paradox of lAse-majestA(c) as political crime in Thailand, David Streckfuss The metamorphosis of tradition: the idea of law and virtue in East Asian political thought, David Jones Name index.