East Asia's renewed respect for the rule of law in the 21st century : the future of legal and judicial landscapes in East Asia /

This volume showcases the most recent research on the future of the legal and judicial landscape in East Asia and its renewed respect for the rule of law in the 21st century. The book features research on emerging judicial stratifications in the legal profession; war crimes and their legacies in the...

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Group Author: Miyazawa, Setsuo, 1947- (Editor); Ji, Weidong, 1957- (Editor); Fukurai, Hiroshi, 1954- (Editor); Chan, Kay-Wah (Editor); Vanhullebusch, Matthias (Editor)
Published: Brill Nijhoff,
Publisher Address: Leiden :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Brill's Asian Law series, 2
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Summary: This volume showcases the most recent research on the future of the legal and judicial landscape in East Asia and its renewed respect for the rule of law in the 21st century. The book features research on emerging judicial stratifications in the legal profession; war crimes and their legacies in the post-colonial era; citizens' participation in the justice system; gender, law, legal culture and profession as well as environmental justice.
Carrier Form: xviii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-335) and indexes.
ISBN: 9789004274198
9004274197
Index Number: KNC79
CLC: D93
Call Number: D93/E132
Contents: The development and prospect of legal aid in China's criminal trial / Weimin Zuo -- Stratification or diversification? 2011 survey of young lawyers in Japan / Setsuo Miyazawa, Atsushi Bushimata, Keiichi Ageishi, Akira Fujimoto, Rikiya Kubayama and Kyoko Ishida -- Justice delayed : post-colonial hauntings in the Khmer Rouge tribunal hybrid court system / Yvonne Y. Kwan -- "Post-colonial" legal interpretation in Macau, China : between European and Chinese influences / Denis de Castro Halis -- The right to truth and the legacies of World War II : a way forward for China? / Matthias Vanhullebusch -- China's lay participation in the justice system : surveys and interviews of contemporary lay judges in Chinese courts / Zhuoyu Wang and Hiroshi Fukurai -- What's happening in the jury room? Analyzing shadow jury deliberation in Korea / Jae-Hyup Lee, Jisuk Woo, June Woong Rhee, Jeong Min Choi and Hyunki Shin -- Outlook and contents of the "civil tribunal system" as proposed by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) / Harumi Takebe -- Changes in gender composition and the future of gender balance in the legal professions in Korea / Hae-sook Kim -- Gender, law and legal professions in China / Xiaonan Liu -- China's past, present and future approach to climate change / Patricia Blazey and Xiangbai He -- Thailand's climate policy and law in the making : can the tradition of Thai civil law cope with climate governance? / Kridtiyaporn Wongsa -- Legal instrumentalism in China : the case of Hukou legislation in Beijing and Shenzhen / Qiqi Fu and Paola Pasquali -- Invisible people, pollution, and places : nuclear contamination on the Tibetan plateau, Himalayan rivers, and water users / Abigail Brown.