Asian discourses of rule of law : theories and implementation of rule of law in twelve Asian countries, France and the U.S. / edited by Randall Peerenboom.

Other author Peerenboom, R. P. (Randall P.), 1958-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Descriptionxxiii, 479 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Rule of law--Asia.
Rule of law--France.
Rule of law--United States.

Contents Varieties of rule of law: an introduction and provisional conclusion / Randall Peerenboom -- Rule of law in the United States / Brian Z. Tamanaha -- Rule of law in France / Laurent Pech -- Competing conceptions of rule of law in China / Randall Peerenboom -- Concept of law in Vietnam: transforming statist socialism / John Gillespie -- Rule of law within a nonliberal "communitarian" democracy: the Singapore experience / Li-Ann Thio -- Competing conceptions of rule of law in Malaysia / H.P. Lee -- Debating rule of law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1997-2002 / Albert H.Y. Chen and Anne S.Y. Cheung -- Indonesia: devaluing Asian values, rewriting rule of law / Tim Lindsey -- Rule of law in India: theory and practice / Upendra Baxi -- Rule of law and aspects of human rights in Thailand: from conceptualization to implementation? / Vitat Muntarbhorn -- The Philippine "People Power" constitution, rule of law, and the limits of liberal constitutionalism / Raul C. Pangalangan -- Rule of law in South Korea: rhetoric and implementation / Hahm Chaihark -- The effects of rule of law principles in Taiwan / Sean Cooney -- Rule of law in Japan / John O. Haley and Veronica Taylor.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003011949
ISBN0415326133 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0415326125 (pbk. : alk. paper)