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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795497403321

Titolo

Pluralism, transnationalism, and culture in Asian law : a book in honour of M.B. Hooker / / edited by Gary F. Bell [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : ISEAS Publishing, , 2017

ISBN

981-4762-72-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340.90954

Soggetti

Legal polycentricity - Asia

Transnationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2018).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

M.B. Hooker and Southeast Asian law : path breaking passions / Veronica Taylor ; with M.B. Hooker and Virginia Hooker -- Asian thought and legal diversity / H. Patrick Glenn -- Comparative law, anti-essentialism and intersectionality : reflections from Southeast Asia in search of an elusive balance / Ariof A. Jamal -- Legal pluralism and legal anthropology : experiences from Indonesia / Franz von Benda-Beckmann and Keebet von Benda-Beckmann -- Mapping the relationship of competing legal traditions in the era of transnationalism in Indonesia / Ratno Lukito -- Indonesia's weak state courts and weak law fare poorly in a pluralist commercial world / Gary F. Bell -- When laws are not enough : ethics, aesthetics, and intra-religious pluralism in contemporary Indonesia / Virginia Hooker -- Legal pluralism and the constitutional position of East Malaysia's indigenous peoples : the view from the longhouse / Andrew Harding -- Syariah, state and legal pluralism in Indonesia : how law can you go? / Nadirsyah Hosen -- Negotiating legal pluralism in court : Fatwa and the crime of blasphemy in Indonesia / Melissa Crouch -- Islamic law in Israel : a case study in legal pluralism / Aharon Layish -- The road to democracy goes through religious pluralism : the Indonesian case and thoughts on post-Mubarak Egypt / Giora Eliraz.

Sommario/riassunto

"We owe much of our knowledge of legal diversity in Asia to the work of Barry Hooker, who appears early on to have appreciated its intrinsic interest and potentially global significance. His work in the field is, as



the French say, incontournable; a nice combination of the unavoidable, the controlling and the greatly respected."<br>- H.P. Glenn<br><br>To honour this great scholar, this book gathers essays from admirers and friends who add their own contributions on legal pluralism, transnationalism and culture in Asia. The book opens with an account of M.B. Hooker colourful and prolific career. The authors then approach legal pluralism through legal theory, legal anthropology, comparative law, law and religion, constitutional law, even Islamic art, thus reflecting the broad approaches of Professor Hooker's scholarship. While most of the book focuses mainly on Southeast Asia, it also reaches out to all of Asia up to Israel, and even includes a chapter comparing Indonesia and Egypt.