Forthcoming Asian Law Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Law and Religion in Indonesia

   Faith, Conflict and the Courts

   By Melissa Crouch

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Understanding and managing inter-religious relations, particularly between Muslims and Christians, presents a challenge for states around the world. This book investigates legal disputes between religious communities in the world’s largest majority-Muslim, democratic country, Indonesia. It...

   To Be Published September 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Human Trafficking in Cambodia

   By Chenda Keo

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Reporting the findings of a comprehensive study of human trafficking in Cambodia, this book focuses on the characteristics and operations of the traffickers. It provides a theoretical framework that explains the emergence of the phenomenon, and the role of moral panic and western hegemony in the...

   To Be Published October 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Empirical Legal Analysis

   Assessing the performance of legal institutions

   Edited by Yun-chien Chang

   Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

   This innovative volume explores empirical legal issues around the world. While legal studies have traditionally been worked on and of letters and with a normative bent, in recent years quantitative methods have gained traction by offering a brand new perspective of understanding law. That is, legal...

   To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. Policing in Taiwan

   By Liqun Cao, Lan-Ying Huang, Ivan Y. Sun

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

   Taiwan’s democratic transition from 1988 through to 2000 was mirrored by the transition of its police force from an authoritarian to a democratic institution. Though there have been many books on the development of Taiwanese society, this is the first book to examine the critical role of the police...

   To Be Published January 14th 2014 by Routledge
5. Contract Law - China and Europe Compared

   Edited by Jan M. Smits, Shiyuan Han, Chen Lei, Nicole Kornet

   Series: Routledge Law in Asia

   This book investigates contract law in China and Europe in a comparative and cross-cultural perspective. It develops a methodological framework for comparison of Chinese and European law, and applies this framework to the field of contract law. Written by researchers and experts in the field, the...

   To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge