Law, capitalism and power in Asia : The rule of law and legal institutions /
edited by Kanishka Jayasuriya.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- xiii, 345 p. ; 24 cm.
- Asian capitalisms .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS List of contributors vii Series editor’s preface ix Preface xi 1 Introduction: a framework for the analysis of legal institutions in East Asia KANISHKA JAYASURIYA 1 2 The many meanings of the rule of law DAVID CLARK 24 3 Politics postponed: law as a substitute for politics in Hong Kong and China CAROL JONES 38 4 Market economy and the internationalisation of civil and commercial law in the People’s Republic of China JIANFU CHEN 58 5 The political economy of institutional reform in Indonesia: the case of intellectual property law ANDREW ROSSER 80 6 Law and development in ‘the market place’: an East Asian perspective JOHN GILLESPIE 100 7 The rule of law and corporate insolvency in six Asian legal systems BAHRIN KAMARUL AND ROMAN TOMASIC 128 8 Corporatism and judicial independence within statist legal institutions in East Asia KANISHKA JAYASURIYA 147 9 Between law and politics: the Malaysian judiciary since independence KHOO BOO TEIK 174 10 Magic memos, collusion and judges with attitude: notes on the politics of law in contemporary Indonesia DAVID BOURCHIER 199 11 A community changes: Taiwan’s Council of Grand Justices and Liberal Democratic reform SEAN COONEY 216 12 ‘Independence’ and the judiciary in the PRC: expectations for constitutional legality in China MARK FINDLAY 240 13 Vietnamese legal institutions in comparative perspective: contemporary constitutions and courts considered PENELOPE NICHOLSON 257 Index 283
0415197422 (hbk) 0415197430 (pbk)
99185718
Rule of law--East Asia. Rule of law--Southeast Asia. Capitalism--East Asia. Capitalism--Southeast Asia.