This book examines territorial governance in Asia in the context of central-local relations. In an era of attempts to deal with issues such as decentralisation, conflict involving ethnic and religious enclaves, and demands for regional autonomy, it is timely to examine central-local relations in a pan-Asian perspective, assessing the attempts in a range of different constitutional systems from Japan to Myanmar to re-order constitutional structures for local government. The book looks at the constitutional systems for organising central-local relations in Asia and attempts to draw conclusions from contemporary experiences.

Lively debates around property, access to resources, legal rights, and the protection of livelihoods have unfolded in Vietnam since the economic reforms of 1986. Known as Doi Moi (changing to the new), these have gradually transformed the country from a socialist state to a society in which a communist party presides over a neoliberal economy. By exploring the complex relationship between property, the state, society, and the market, this book demonstrates how both developmental issues and state-society relations in Vietnam can be explored through the prism of property relations and property rights. The essays in this collection demonstrate how negotiations over property are deeply enmeshed with dynamics of state formation, and covers debates over the role of the state and its relationship to various levels of society, the intrusion of global forces into the lives of marginalized communities and individuals, and how community norms and standards shape and reshape national policy and laws. With contributors from around the world, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of East and Southeast Asian studies, including politics, culture, society, and law, as well as those interested in the role of the state and property relations more generally.

Have we gone too far in enacting laws, promulgating regulations and announcing policies that threaten freedom of association, either now or 'in waiting' for the future? Regulation of the Voluntary Sector focuses on the legal and political environment for civil society in an era in which counter-terrorism policy and law have challenged civil society and civil liberties in a number of countries. The ways in which counter-terrorism law and policy affect civil society can and do differ dramatically by country and region. Through the lens of developments since September 11th, Mark Sidel provides the first comparative analysis of state responses to voluntary sector activity. Comparing the situations in the UK and the US, as well as in Australia, Canada, India and within the European Union, he surveys the increasing efforts to delimit and restrict voluntary sector activities - such as fundraising and grant-making - as well as opposition to them.

All governments, in various ways, regulate and control nonprofit organizations. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), while hopeful of supportive regulatory environments, are simultaneously seeking greater autonomy both to provide services and to advocate for policy change. In part to counter increasing statutory regulation, there is a global nonprofit sector movement towards greater grassroots regulation - what the authors call self-regulation - through codes of conduct and self-accreditation processes. This book drills down to the country level to study both sides of this equation, examining how state regulation and nonprofit self-regulation affect each other and investigating the causal nature of this interaction. Exploring these issues from historical, cultural, political, and environmental perspectives, and in sixteen jurisdictions (Australia, China, Brazil, Ecuador, England and Wales, Ethiopia, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Tanzania, Uganda, Scotland, United States, and Vietnam), the authors analyze the interplay between state control and nonprofit self-regulation to better understand broader emerging trends.

This book, first published in 2008, was a unique analysis of the struggle to build a rule of law in one of the world's most dynamic and vibrant nations - a socialist state that is seeking to build a market economy while struggling to pursue an ethos of social equality and opportunity. It addresses constitutional change, the assertion of constitutional claims by citizens, the formation of a strong civil society and non-profit sector, the emergence of economic law and the battles over who is benefited by the economic regulation, labor law and the protection of migrant and export labor, the rise of lawyers and public interest law, and other key topics. Alongside other countries, comparisons are made to parallel developments in another transforming socialist state, the People's Republic of China.

A unique analysis of the transformation of law in one of Asia's most dynamic and vibrant nations - a socialist state that is now seeking to build a market economy while struggling to pursue an ethos of social quality and opportunity. Covering a wide range of issues, including the changing role of constitutions and constitutionalism in a rapidly transforming state, the uses and development of economic law, the use of law to control state authority and wrongful governmental behavior, the emergence of public interest law and the use of law to strengthen social equality and civil rights, the growing role of non-governmental organizations and their regulation by the government, the changing role of lawyers, and the role of foreign donors in this legal reform process. Comparisons are made to parallel developments in another transforming socialist state, the People's Republic of China

Lively debates around property, access to resources, legal rights, and the protection of livelihoods have unfolded in Vietnam since the economic reforms of 1986. Known as Doi Moi (changing to the new), these have gradually transformed the country from a socialist state to a society in which a communist party presides over a neoliberal economy. By exploring the complex relationship between property, the state, society, and the market, this book demonstrates how both developmental issues and state-society relations in Vietnam can be explored through the prism of property relations and property rights. The essays in this collection demonstrate how negotiations over property are deeply enmeshed with dynamics of state formation, and covers debates over the role of the state and its relationship to various levels of society, the intrusion of global forces into the lives of marginalized communities and individuals, and how community norms and standards shape and reshape national policy and laws. With contributors from around the world, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of East and Southeast Asian studies, including politics, culture, society, and law, as well as those interested in the role of the state and property relations more generally.

All governments, in various ways, regulate and control nonprofit organizations. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), while hopeful of supportive regulatory environments, are simultaneously seeking greater autonomy both to provide services and to advocate for policy change. In part to counter increasing statutory regulation, there is a global nonprofit sector movement towards greater grassroots regulation - what the authors call self-regulation - through codes of conduct and self-accreditation processes. This book drills down to the country level to study both sides of this equation, examining how state regulation and nonprofit self-regulation affect each other and investigating the causal nature of this interaction. Exploring these issues from historical, cultural, political, and environmental perspectives, and in sixteen jurisdictions (Australia, China, Brazil, Ecuador, England and Wales, Ethiopia, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Tanzania, Uganda, Scotland, United States, and Vietnam), the authors analyze the interplay between state control and nonprofit self-regulation to better understand broader emerging trends.

This book examines territorial governance in Asia in the context of central-local relations. In an era of attempts to deal with issues such as decentralisation, conflict involving ethnic and religious enclaves, and demands for regional autonomy, it is timely to examine central-local relations in a pan-Asian perspective, assessing the attempts in a range of different constitutional systems from Japan to Myanmar to re-order constitutional structures for local government. The book looks at the constitutional systems for organising central-local relations in Asia and attempts to draw conclusions from contemporary experiences.

PEACE, BUTTER & JELLY: Tales of Nourishment is a foodspirational journey through family stories of Russia, India, New Jersey, Santo Domingo, Boston and the Carolinas, plus coveted recipes and a cupboard full of poems for dessert. This book will entertain, inform and uplift you. You'll learn how to live your life well and how to nourish yourself, family and friends with three daily practices: meditation, happy eating and creative expression, especially the written word. The book is like a delicious meal, replete with delectable surprises, and leaves you fuller than when you started. Written by Boston's first Personal Chef, this memoir is no less than an honest sharing of a modern spiritual journey. By the time you finish this book, you realize that you were invited to dinner with great love and what was shared were recipes of the heart. Peace, Butter & Jelly, welcome to the world of creative non-fiction Tony Abbott, Pulitzer Prize nominee, writes: David Mark Seidel's PEACE, BUTTER, and JELLY is a remarkably original and engaging book.Peace, as I understand it, refers to the peace which comes from meditation, which has totally changed David Mark Seidel's life. Butter stands for food, for the wonderful recipes which make up the middle of the book, and which every food lover will covet. And Jelly stands for the wonder and joy of poetry, which makes up the last part of the book. Never have I seen these three things together before. It's a rare achievement to put together the nourishment of meditation, food, philosophy and poetry, but David Mark Seidel has made his own sandwich and made it well. David Mark Seidel is a one of a kind original. Whether through his delightfully whimsical and time stopping poems, his tasty recipes, or his allegorical stories--life is all performance art to him, bubbling up into manifestation from deep within his meditative soul. And PEACE, BUTTER, & JELLY is but a first taste of that boundless, creative vision. Peter Reinhart, author, American Pie, My Search for the Perfect Pizza David Mark Seidel has crafted a book that reorients us with, as he writes in his Tales of Nourishment, the magnificence of our existence. Using culinary terms as metaphors for life-ingredients and life-experiences, he weaves through autobiographical musings, recipes, and lyrical poems, touching repeatedly on the sacredness of familial and cultural legacies, his conviction that he is both carrying a torch for his ancestors and offering a torch to his son. Accessible, whimsical, and insightful, Seidel's work invites us to ponder our chosen and inherited roles, how we relate to others, and, ultimately, how we stay connected to the divine source of life and love itself. PEACE, BUTTER & JELLY is a poignant and refreshing book, a timely and timeless offering indeed. John Amen, author of At the Threshold of Alchemy; editor of The Pedestal Magazine PEACE, BUTTER & JELLY: Tales of Nourishment is a gem with many facets. You have been invited to share food with the family of a masterful cook. In a profound and subtle way, author David Mark Seidel unveils the secret ingredient behind every successful recipe as he experienced it, as it nurtured and transformed him. Roman Oleh Yaworsky, Author, Being Centered Reading Peace, Butter & Jelly is like having an easy and pleasant conversation with your own self, allowing you to reconnect to times of pure being. Gratitude reveals itself in between each line and it is contagious David's heart pours out through every word, every line, every breath which I could feel him taking. A spiritual romantic's look at his own life through light yet deeply profound humor based on sweet gratefulness. Susana Sori Artist, Writer and Healer We applaud the work David is doing. Peace Butter & Jelly will be a welcome addition to any food / family loving enthusiast's library. Very nice. Gary Torres Food For Life Baking Co., Inc. Makers of Ezekiel 4:9 products

This new book examines constitutional debate and development in one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing societies in Asia, and will be of use to scholars and students of comparative law, comparative constitutional law, and Asian law. The book discusses and analyzes the historical development, principles, doctrines, and debates which comprise and shape Vietnamese constitutional law today, during a time of reform and debate. The chapters are written in sufficient detail to develop a clear and informed view of how the constitution is arranged, how it works, and the main points of debate on it in Vietnamese society. It is written in an accessible style, with an emphasis on clarity and concision. The book discusses and analyzes: the origins of Vietnamese constitutional thought in indigenous, Chinese, French, Russian, and other traditions * the first (1946) Constitution of independent Vietnam * constitutional dialogue and debate in the late 1940s and 1950s, including the work of dissidents in the 1950s * the 1959 Vietnamese Constitution * constitutional dialogue and debate in the 1960s and 1970s * the 1980 Constitution * the rise of doi moi (renovation) in the 1980s, its implications for constitutionalism in Vietnam, and debates over constitutionalism in the 1980s * the 1992 Constitution, including the role of legislative, executive and judicial sectors, constitutional power and enforcement, constitutional rights and obligations, and other issues * constitutional dialogue and debate in the 1990s * the constitutional debate and revision process of 2001 and the current Vietnamese Constitution * the rise of debate over judicial independence and constitutional enforcement and review in Vietnam * comparison to constitutional developments and debates in China * constitutions and constitutional issues in the former South Vietnam * the links and tensions between state and party constitutions * concluding analysis of 60 years of the development of Vietnam's Constitution and constitutionalism.

Have we gone too far in enacting laws, promulgating regulations and announcing policies that threaten freedom of association, either now or 'in waiting' for the future?

Regulation of the Voluntary Sector focuses on the legal and political environment for civil society in an era in which counter-terrorism policy and law have challenged civil society and civil liberties in a number of countries. The ways in which counter-terrorism law and policy affect civil society can and do differ dramatically by country and region. Through the lens of developments since September 11th, Mark Sidel provides the first comparative analysis of state responses to voluntary sector activity. Comparing the situations in the UK and the US, as well as in Australia, Canada, India and within the European Union, he surveys the increasing efforts to delimit and restrict voluntary sector activities - such as fundraising and grant-making - as well as opposition to them.