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