Asian Law Books

New and Published Books

1. Transitional Justice in South Asia

   A Study of Afghanistan and Nepal

   By Tazreena Sajjad

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Offering a comparative case study of transitional justice processes in Afghanistan and Nepal, this book critically evaluates the way the "local" is consulted in post-conflict efforts toward peace and reconciliation. It argues that there is a tendency in transitional justice efforts to contain the...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Chinese Complaint Systems

   Natural Resistance

   By Qiang Fang

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   Complaint systems have existed in China for many years, and in 2004, a debate took place in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the Letters and Visits System (xinfang zhidu), which was designed to allow people to register complaints with the upper levels of the government. However, both...

   Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge
3. Legal Pluralism in Indonesia

   Bridging the Unbridgeable

   By Ratno Lukito

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   With the revival of Islamic law and adat (customary) law in the country, this book investigates the history and phenomenon of legal pluralism in Indonesia. It looks at how the ideal of modernity in Indonesia has been characterized by a state-driven effort in the post-colonial era to make the...

   Published June 26th 2012 by Routledge
4. Defending Rights in Contemporary China

   By Jonathan Benney

   Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series

   The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms which are unprecedented in China, including the use of the Internet by rights...

   Published June 24th 2012 by Routledge
5. Law and Policy for China's Market Socialism

   Edited by John Garrick

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This edited volume presents fresh empirical research on the emerging outcomes of China’s law reforms. The chapters examine China’s ‘going out’ policy by addressing the ways in which the underpinning legal reforms enable China to pursue its core interests and broad international responsibilities as...

   Published April 8th 2012 by Routledge
6. Freedom of Information Reform in China

   Information Flow Analysis

   By Weibing Xiao

   Series: Routledge Law in Asia

   Freedom of Information (FOI) in China is often perceived as a recent and intriguing phenomenon. This book presents a more complex and detailed understanding of the evolution of FOI in China, using information flow analysis to explore the gradual development of government receptivity to FOI in an...

   Published October 13th 2011 by Routledge
7. Corruption and Law in Indonesia

   By Simon Butt

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Indonesia has transformed from one of South East Asia’s most repressive and centralised political systems to its most decentralised and democratic. Despite this, obstacles still remain that hinder Indonesia achieving the ‘rule of law’, and in particular, the country is consistently ranked as having...

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge