Asian discourses of rule of law : theories and implementation of rule of law in twelve Asian countries, France, and the U.S. / / edited by Randall Peerenboom

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783727503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-34114-8; 1-134-34115-6; 0-415-32612-5; 1-280-05176-0; 0-203-31793-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (498 p.)
• Collana: RoutledgeCurzon law in Asia
• Altri autori (Persone): PeerenboomR. P <1958-> (Randall P.)
• Disciplina: 340/.11
• Soggetti: Rule of law - Asia; Rule of law - France; Rule of law - United States
• 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: Varieties of rule of law : an introduction and provisional conclusion -- Rule of law in the United States -- Rule of law in France -- Competing conceptions of rule of law in China -- Concepts of law in Vietnam : transforming statist socialism -- Rule of law within a nonliberal 'communitarian' democracy : the Singapore experience -- Competing conceptions of rule of law in Malaysia -- Debating rule of law in the Hong Kong special administrative region, 1997-2002 -- Indonesia : devaluing Asian values, rewriting rule of law -- Rule of law in India : theory and practice -- Rule of law and aspects of human rights in Thailand : from conceptualization to implementation? -- The Philippine "People Power" Constitution, rule of law, and the limits of liberal constitutionalism -- Rule of law in Korea : rhetoric and implementation -- The effects of rule of law principles in Taiwan -- Rule of law in Japan.
• Sommario/riassunto: Rule of law is one of the pillars of the modern world, and widely considered necessary for sustained economic development, the ; implementation of democracy and the protection of human rights. It has however emerged in Western liberal democracies, and some people question how far it is likely to take root fully in the different cultural, economic and political context of Asia. This book considers how rule of law is viewed and implemented in Asia. Chapters on France and the USA provide a benchmark on how the concept has evolved, is applied and is implemented in a civil law and a common law juri