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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457178303321

Autore

Lev Daniel S

Titolo

No concessions [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Yap Thiam Hien, Indonesian human rights lawyer / / Daniel S. Lev ; introduction by Benedict Anderson ; and contributions by Arlene O. Lev ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2011

ISBN

0-295-80177-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (474 p.)

Collana

Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies

Altri autori (Persone)

LevArlene O (Arlene Offenhender)

AndersonBenedict

Disciplina

340.092

B

Soggetti

Lawyers - Indonesia

Chinese - Indonesia

Human rights - Indonesia

Electronic books.

Indonesia Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Aceh -- Java -- Batavia -- From Sukabumi to Leiden -- Jakarta -- Hazardous waters -- At sea in peranakan politics -- The Baperki wars -- Out of the ethnic cage -- Into New Order Indonesia -- Early New Order battlefields -- Reform frontiers -- Law as politics : a sidetrip to detention -- Epilogue : a steady course / Arlene O. Lev -- Postscript : New Order landmark cases / Sebastiaan Pompe and Ibrahim Assegaf -- Appendix : defense summation in Asep Suryaman trial / Yap Thiam Hien.

Sommario/riassunto

"A biography of human rights lawyer Yap Thiam Hien (1913-1989) that focuses on the country's contemporary political turmoil and struggle for human rights, the workings of Indonesia's legal system, and the history of the Chinese community there."--Publisher's description.