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11. Human Rights in Asia

    A Comparative Legal Study of Twelve Asian Jurisdictions, France and the USA

    Edited by Randall Peerenboom, Carole J. Petersen, Albert H.Y. Chen

    Series: Routledge Law in Asia

    Human Rights in Asia considers how human rights are viewed and implemented in Asia. It covers not just civil and political rights, but also social, economic and cultural rights. This study discusses the problems arising from the fact that ideas of human rights have evolved in Western...

    Published June 8th 2006 by Routledge
12. Asian Discourses of Rule of Law

    Edited by Randall Peerenboom

    Series: Routledge Law in Asia

    Rule of law is one of the pillars of the modern world, and widely considered necessary for sustained economic development, the implementation of democracy and the protection of human rights. It has however emerged in Western liberal democracies, and some people question how far it is likely to...

    Published December 17th 2003 by Routledge