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Although the adoption of market reforms has been a key factor
leading to China's recent economic growth, China continues to be
governed by a communist party and has a socialist-influenced legal
system. Vietnam, starting later, also with a socialist-influenced
legal system, has followed a similar reform path, and other
countries too are now looking towards China and Vietnam as models
for development. This book provides a comprehensive, comparative
assessment of legal developments in China and Vietnam, examining
similarities and differences, and raising important questions such
as: Is there a distinctive Chinese model, and/or a more general
East Asian Model? If so, can it be flexibly applied to social and
economic conditions in different countries? If it cannot be applied
to a culturally and politically similar country like Vietnam, is
the model transportable elsewhere in the world? Combining 'micro'
or interpretive methods with 'macro' or structural traditions, the
book provides a nuanced account of legal reforms in China and
Vietnam, highlighting the factors likely to promote, change or
resist the spread of the Chinese model.
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- addresses market need for books about diversity in gender and
sexuality in therapy â impressive assemblage of diverse
contributors
The first sustained analysis examining legal transplantation into
East Asia, this volume examines the prospects for transplanting a
'rule of law' that will attract and sustain international trade and
investment in this economically dynamic region. The book develops
both a general model that explains how legal transplantation shapes
legal development in the region, whilst developing theoretical
insights into the political, economic and legal discourses guiding
commercial law reforms in Vietnam. For the first time, this book
develops a research methodology specifically designed to
investigate law reform in developing East Asia. In so doing, it
challenges the relevance of conventional convergence and divergence
explanations for legal transplantation that have been developed in
European and North American contexts. As the first finely-grained
analysis of legal development in Vietnam, the book will be
invaluable to academics and researchers working in this area. It
will also be of interest to those involved in commercial legal
theory.
Although the adoption of market reforms has been a key factor
leading to China's recent economic growth, China continues to be
governed by a communist party and has a socialist-influenced legal
system. Vietnam, starting later, also with a socialist-influenced
legal system, has followed a similar reform path, and other
countries too are now looking towards China and Vietnam as models
for development. This book provides a comprehensive, comparative
assessment of legal developments in China and Vietnam, examining
similarities and differences, and raising important questions such
as: Is there a distinctive Chinese model, and/or a more general
East Asian Model? If so, can it be flexibly applied to social and
economic conditions in different countries? If it cannot be applied
to a culturally and politically similar country like Vietnam, is
the model transportable elsewhere in the world? Combining 'micro'
or interpretive methods with 'macro' or structural traditions, the
book provides a nuanced account of legal reforms in China and
Vietnam, highlighting the factors likely to promote, change or
resist the spread of the Chinese model.
Unlike much analysis about regulation in Asia which focuses on
globalisation and the transplant effect, leaving domestic influence
over commercial regulation under-researched and under-theorized,
this book focuses on how local actors influence regulatory change.
It explores the complex economic and regulatory factors that
generate social demand for state regulation and shows how local
networks, courts, democratic processes and civil society have a
huge influence on regulatory systems. It examines the particular
circumstances in a wide range of Asian countries, provides
transnational comparisons and comparisons with Western countries,
and assesses how far local regulatory regimes increase economic
value and convey competitive advantages.
Unlike much analysis about regulation in Asia which focuses on
globalisation and the transplant effect, leaving domestic influence
over commercial regulation under-researched and under-theorized,
this book focuses on how local actors influence regulatory change.
It explores the complex economic and regulatory factors that
generate social demand for state regulation and shows how local
networks, courts, democratic processes and civil society have a
huge influence on regulatory systems. It examines the particular
circumstances in a wide range of Asian countries, provides
transnational comparisons and comparisons with Western countries,
and assesses how far local regulatory regimes increase economic
value and convey competitive advantages.
The first sustained analysis examining legal transplantation into
East Asia, this volume examines the prospects for transplanting a
'rule of law' that will attract and sustain international trade and
investment in this economically dynamic region. The book develops
both a general model that explains how legal transplantation shapes
legal development in the region, whilst developing theoretical
insights into the political, economic and legal discourses guiding
commercial law reforms in Vietnam. For the first time, this book
develops a research methodology specifically designed to
investigate law reform in developing East Asia. In so doing, it
challenges the relevance of conventional convergence and divergence
explanations for legal transplantation that have been developed in
European and North American contexts. As the first finely-grained
analysis of legal development in Vietnam, the book will be
invaluable to academics and researchers working in this area. It
will also be of interest to those involved in commercial legal
theory.
Longtime collectors of video recordings (VHS) of piano, both solo
and with orchestra desire nothing more than a catalog listing only
piano performances. This catalog provides the means whereby music
professionals, average piano students, and piano aficionados can
study piano performance in both its audio and video aspects. Part I
provides information on nearly 200 piano performance videos that
where personally heard by the authors. There is a brief evaluation
of each video, the authors thoughts as well as the opinions of
highly regarded critics in the music performance field. Part II
lists supplemental video recordings containing performances by more
than one pianist, as in collections, competitions, and
documentaries. Part III cross-references the catalog by composer.
Each composition relates to a piano performance listed in Part I or
Part II. In some instances, the pianist plays only excerpts of
compositions, but these musical fragments are included because they
are the only VHS performances the authors could find by that
particular pianist or simply because they are so representative of
the pianist's style. The video recording provides an evocative look
at the pianist, how he produces his particular sound, what hand
position he prefers when playing a concerto, and his rapport with
both orchestra and conductor. A useful tool for piano music
enthusiasts, for those looking to hear piano performance, and for
skilled pianists looking for new insights.
This collection explores the central importance of values and
evaluative concepts in cross-cultural translational encounters.
Written by a group of international scholars from a diverse range
of linguistic and cultural backgrounds, the chapters in this book
consider what it means to translate cultures by examining core
values and their relationship to key evaluative concepts (such as
authenticity, clarity, home, honour, or justice) and how they
influence the complex multidimensional process of translation. This
book will be of interest to academics studying cross-cultural and
inter-linguistic interactions, to translators and interpreters,
students of translation and of modern languages, and all those
dealing with multilingual and multicultural settings.
Plants thrive thanks to back-sparing and thrifty techniques for
propagation, fertilization and transplanting, plus tips on
beneficial fungi and bugs, magical mulches, edible weeds,
water-wise wildflowers and native plants. Design-wise, make a
spectacular entrance with a living gate, or see how easy it is to
create a vertical or rooftop garden, a whimsical water garden or a
stone courtyard. Home-crafted concrete troughs stuffed with
succulents stand strong alongside dry-stack stone walls, and simple
ideas for playhouses, gazebos and backyard benches will keep
readers busy through all seasons. Sow Simple invites all gardeners,
whether they have a large acreage or a tiny urban oasis, to have
fun, experiment and see how wonderful it can be to spend time in
the garden.
To contact the authors and find out more about their latest
gardening adventures, please visit their blog: everydayeden.com
John Gillespie has that critical element of character, and he is
one whom I would deem to be a true professional. His skill and
expertise have benefited my clients on many occasions. His advice
and counsel has solved many of their problems, or, even better,
helped avoid those problems from ever arising at all. Few people
that I've worked with have exhibited such a high degree of
character. Even fewer, in my definition, are true professionals.
John is such in every sense of the word. You are most fortunate to
hold in your hand a valuable resource for yourself and your family.
This book will provide many great benefits, both in substantive
knowledge, and in life-enriching guidance. It will do so because it
was written by a man of character, a man who is willing to take
your problems and make them his own. L. David McBride
The world of CEOs and boards has become an entitled insiders'
club--virtually free of accountability--and the abject failure of
our corporate leaders to police themselves is costing Americans
trillions and seriously undermining the strength of our economy.
Whereas boards are supposed to act as watchdogs, guarding
shareholders' interests, they have become enabling lapdogs to CEOs,
who are aided and abetted in their pursuit of outrageous pay and
unfettered power by a bevy of supporting players, including
compensation consultants who justify exorbitant pay packages and
accountants and attorneys who see no evil.
Based on extensive original reporting and interviews with
high-level insiders at a host of leading companies, John Gillespie
and David Zweig--both Harvard MBAs with thirtyplus years of Fortune
100 experience--reveal the inner workings of this dysfunctional
culture and the many methods CEOs and boards use to shut
shareholders out, entrench themselves, and fight reforms with
shareholders' own money. "Money for Nothing "is a vital expose of
how the game is played and a powerful call for change, laying out
the specific reforms that are needed to fix the glaring
dysfunctions that are imperiling the health of American business.
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.
Asian Capitalism and the Regulation of Competition explores the
implications of Asian forms of capitalism and their regulation of
competition for the emerging global competition law regime. Expert
contributors from a variety of backgrounds explore the topic
through the lenses of formal law, soft law and transnational
regulation, and make extensive comparisons with Euro-American and
global models. Case studies include Japan, China and Vietnam, and
thematic studies include examinations of competition law's
relationship with other regulatory terrains such as public law,
market culture, regulatory geography and transnational production
networks.
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.
This volume of essays contributes to the understanding of global
law reform by questioning the assumption in law and development
theory that laws fail to transfer because of shortcomings in
project design and implementation. It brings together leading
scholars who demonstrate that a synthesis of law and development,
comparative law and regulatory perspectives (disciplines which to
date have remained intellectually isolated from each other) can
produce a more nuanced understanding about development failures.
Arguing for a refocusing of the analysis onto the social demand for
legal transfers, and drawing on empirically rich case studies,
contributors explore what recipients in developing countries think
about global legal reforms. This analytical focus generates
insights into how key actors in developing countries understand
global law reforms and how to better predict how legal reforms are
likely to play out in recipient 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.
Asian Capitalism and the Regulation of Competition explores the
implications of Asian forms of capitalism and their regulation of
competition for the emerging global competition law regime. Expert
contributors from a variety of backgrounds explore the topic
through the lenses of formal law, soft law and transnational
regulation, and make extensive comparisons with Euro-American and
global models. Case studies include Japan, China and Vietnam, and
thematic studies include examinations of competition law's
relationship with other regulatory terrains such as public law,
market culture, regulatory geography and transnational production
networks.
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