xiii, 345 pages ; 24 cm

This study argues that the liberal notion of the rule of law regulating the exercise of power is unlikely to come about in much of southeastern Asia. The book asserts that it is more likely to promote political elites

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: a framework for the analysis of legal institutions in East Asia / Kanishka Jayasuriya-- The many meanings of the rule of law / David Clark -- Politics postponed: law as a substitute for politics in Hong Kong and China / Carol Jones -- Market economy and the internationalisation of civil and commercial law in the People's Republic of China / Jianfu Chen -- The political economy of institutional reform in Indonesia: the case of intellectual property law / Andrew Rosser -- Law and development in 'the market place': an East Asian perspective / John Gillespie -- The rule of law and corporate insolvency in six Asian legal systems / Bahrin Kamarul and Roman Tomasic -- Corporation and judicial independence within statist legal institutions in East Asia / Jayasuriya -- Between law and politics: the Malaysian judiciary since independence / Khoo Boo Teik -- Magic memos, collusion and judges with attitude: notes on the politics of law in contemporary Indonesia / David Bourchier -- A community changes: Taiwan's Council of Grand Justices and liberal democratic reform / Sean Cooney -- 'Independence' and the judiciary in the PRC: expectations for constitutional legality in China / Mark Findlay -- Vietnamese legal institutions in comparative perspective: contemporary constitutions and courts considered / Penelope Nicholson

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