Asian constitutionalism in transition
Subtitle: a comparative perspective
By: edited by Tania Groppi, Valeria Piergigli, Angelo Rinella
Contributors: Groppi, Tania; Piergigli, Valeria; Rinella, Angelo; Università di Siena. Dipartimento di diritto dell'economia; Università di Siena. Dipartimento di diritto pubblico
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milano; Giuffrè
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9788814144301
Subjects: Constitutional law; Congresses; Democratization; Rule of law; Economic development; Political aspects; Civil rights; Economic aspects
Notes: Consists in large part of the proceedings of the Symposium on Asian Constitutionalism in Transition: a Comparative Perspective, held on Dec. 14-15, 2007, in Siena, and organized by the University of Siena Interdepartmental Center DIPEC, in a joint effort with other research centers.

At head of title: Dipartimento di diritto dell'economia, Dipartimento di diritto pubblico, Università di Siena.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Does Asia Exist?  -- Tania Groppi; title: Asian Law, Public Law, Comparative Law Stir-Fry : Theory and Method Considered  -- Andrew Harding; title: Constitutionalism, State-Building and the Use of Force : Notes from Cambodia, Timor Leste, and Afghanistan  -- Per Bergling; title: Constitutional Design and the Quest for Good Governance in Thailand  -- Peter Leyland; title: Costitutional Transitions and Democratic Consolidation in Asia at the Beginning of the XXI Century  -- Luca Mezzetti; title: Law-making in the People's Republic of China : the 'Obliquity' of the Chinese Constitutional System Between Rule of Law and Pragmatism  -- Angelo Rinella; title: Japan: Linguistic Transitions as a Condition for the Introduction of a Western Legal System  -- Elisa Bertolini; title: Japanese International Cooperation : Good Governance Projects in South-East Asian Countries  -- Nuria González Campaña; title: Normalizing Japan : the Attempts to Amend the Constitution -- Jose Maria Castellá-Andreu; title: The Review Power of the Chinese Supreme People's Court on Death Sentences  -- Elena Consiglio; title: 'We the Nepalese People' : the Constitutional Transition in Nepal  -- Massimo Fragassi; title: Thailand's Dangerous Coup and Asian Juristocracy : Involution or Evolution?  -- Alessio Pecorario; title: Caste, Gender, and Minority Claims to Representation in India  -- Eva Pfostl; title: Transition to Democracy and the Protection of Fundamental Rights : the Problematic Experience of Cambodia  -- Valeria Piergigli; title: Legal Change and Economic Performance : an Assessment  -- Gianmaria Ajani; title: Northeast Asia's Developmental States and the Problem of Rights : Challenges for a New Developmental State?  -- John Ohnesorge; title: Constitutionalizing Redistributive Justice and Redefining the Public Sphere : the Philippines' Post-Marcos Constitution  -- Raul C. Pangalangan; title: Economic Development and Property Rights in China -- Marina Timoteo; title: Free Market without Free Speech? Open Economy and Censored Digital Liberties in China  -- Andrea de Petris; title: The Modernization of Tort Law In China : Models and Perspectives  -- Alessandro Palmieri; title: Asian Constitutionalism : the Limits of the Western Model -- Giuseppe de Vergottini.