Human rights in Asia
Subtitle: a comparative legal study of twelve Asian jurisdictions, France, and the United States
By: Randall Peerenboom, Carole Petersen & Albert H.Y. Chen.
Contributors: Petersen, Carole.; Chen, Hongyi, 1957-
Series: Routledge law in Asia
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 529
Subjects: Civil rights -- Asia.; Civil rights -- France.; Civil rights -- United States.; Human rights -- Asia.; Human rights -- France.; Human rights -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An empirical overview of human rights in Asia, France and the U.S. : the  dominance of wealth in the interplay of economics, culture, law, and governance; title: The protection of human rights in France : a comparative perspective; title: Uncovering rights in the United States : gauging the gap between the bill of rights and human rights; title: The protection of fundamental human rights in Japan; title: Taking rights seriously? : human rights law in Singapore; title: Human rights in Malaysia; title: From British colony to special administrative region of China : embracing human rights in Hong Kong; title: Human rights in Korea; title: The implementation of human rights law in Taiwan; title: Human rights in the era of "Thailand incorporated (inc.)"; title: The Philippines : the persistence of rights discourse vis-...-vis substantive social claims; title: Human rights in Indonesia; title: Protection of human rights and production of human rightlessness in India; title: Human rights in China; title: Evolving concepts of human rights in Vietnam; title: Conclusion : comparative reflections on human rights in Asia.