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A cluster of Asian states are well-known for their authoritarian
legality while having been able to achieve remarkable economic
growth. Why would an authoritarian regime seek or tolerate a
significant degree of legality and how has such type of legality
been made possible in Asia? Would a transition towards a liberal,
democratic system eventually take place and, if so, what kind of
post-transition struggles are likely to be experienced? This book
compares the past and current experiences of China, Hong Kong,
South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam and offers a
comparative framework for readers to conduct a theoretical dialogue
with the orthodox conception of liberal democracy and the rule of
law.
Policing is legitimized in different ways in authoritarian and
democratic states. In East and Southeast Asia, different regime
types to a greater or lesser extent determine the power of the
police and their complex relationship with the rule of law. This
volume examines the evolution of the police as a key political
institution from a historical perspective and offers comparative
insights into the potential of democratic policing and conversely
the resilience of authoritarian policing in Asia. The case studies
focus on eight jurisdictions: Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong,
Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. The theoretical
chapters analyse and explain the links between policing and
society, the politics of policing and recent police reforms. This
volume fills a gap in the literature by exploring the nature of
authoritarian policing and how it has transformed and developed the
rule of law throughout East and Southeast Asia.
A cluster of Asian states are well-known for their authoritarian
legality while having been able to achieve remarkable economic
growth. Why would an authoritarian regime seek or tolerate a
significant degree of legality and how has such type of legality
been made possible in Asia? Would a transition towards a liberal,
democratic system eventually take place and, if so, what kind of
post-transition struggles are likely to be experienced? This book
compares the past and current experiences of China, Hong Kong,
South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam and offers a
comparative framework for readers to conduct a theoretical dialogue
with the orthodox conception of liberal democracy and the rule of
law.
Since China's reform and opening up started in 1978 and Vietnam's
Doi Moi reforms were initiated in 1986, these two East Asian
economies have adopted capitalistic models of development while
retaining and reforming their socialist legal systems along the
way. Tracking the trajectory of socialist laws and their legacy,
this book offers a unique comparison of laws and institutional
designs in China and Vietnam. Leading scholars from China, Vietnam,
Australia and the United States analyze the history, development
and impact of socialist law reforms in these two continuing
socialist states. Readers are offered a varied insight into the
complex quality and unique features of socialist law and why it
should be taken seriously. This is a fresh theoretical approach to,
and internal critique of, socialist laws which demonstrates how
socialist law in China and Vietnam may shape the future of global
legal development among developing countries.
Since China's reform and opening up started in 1978 and Vietnam's
Doi Moi reforms were initiated in 1986, these two East Asian
economies have adopted capitalistic models of development while
retaining and reforming their socialist legal systems along the
way. Tracking the trajectory of socialist laws and their legacy,
this book offers a unique comparison of laws and institutional
designs in China and Vietnam. Leading scholars from China, Vietnam,
Australia and the United States analyze the history, development
and impact of socialist law reforms in these two continuing
socialist states. Readers are offered a varied insight into the
complex quality and unique features of socialist law and why it
should be taken seriously. This is a fresh theoretical approach to,
and internal critique of, socialist laws which demonstrates how
socialist law in China and Vietnam may shape the future of global
legal development among developing countries.
Economic development and mass urbanization have unleashed
unprecedented levels of land disputes in East Asia. In China and
Vietnam especially, courts and other legal institutions struggle to
find lasting solutions. It is against this background of legal
failure that this book brings together leading scholars to
understand how state agencies, land users and land developers
imaginatively engage with each other to resolve disputes. Drawing
on empirically rich case studies, contributors explore the limits
of law and legal institutions in resolving land disputes and reveal
insights into how key actors in East Asia understand land disputes.
Their studies reveal promising dispute resolution practices and
point to the likely ways that states will deal with land disputes
in the future.
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