Asian Legal Revivals (Paperback)

More than a decade ago, before globalization became a buzzword, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth established themselves as leading analysts of how that process has shaped the legal profession. Drawing upon the insights of Pierre Bourdieu, "Asian Legal Revivals" explores the increasing importance of the positions of the law and lawyers in South and Southeast Asia. Dezalay and Garth argue that the current situation in many Asian countries can only be fully understood by looking to their differing colonial experiences - and considering how those experiences have laid the foundation for those societies' legal profession today. Deftly tracing the transformation of the relationship between law and state into different colonial settings, the authors show how nationalist legal elites in countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea came to wield political power as agents in the move toward national independence. Including fieldwork from over three hundred and fifty interviews, "Asian Legal Revivals" illuminates the recent past and the present of these legally changing nations and explains the profession's recent revival of influence, as spurred on by American geopolitical and legal interests.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Yves Dezalay
Dimensions:	155 x 228 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-14463-4
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal profession > General
LSN:	0-226-14463-1
Barcode:	9780226144634

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