Examining practice, interrogating theory
Subtitle: comparative legal studies in Asia edited by penelope (pip) nicholson and sarah biddulph.
Contributors: Biddulph, Sarah.; Nicholson, Penelope.
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9789004165182
Subjects: Law -- Southeast Asia; Law -- China
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : comparing in circles / Pierre Legrand; title: Expanding the circle : comparative legal studies in transition / Sarah Biddulph and Pip Nicholson; title: Developing a decentred analysis of legal transfers / John Gillespie; title: Legal culture 'repacked' : drug trials in Vietnam / Pip Nicholson; title: The field of crime control and social order : prospects for criminal procedure reform in China / Sarah Biddulph; title: Addressing extreme working hours in China : the contributions of regulation theory / Sean Cooney; title: Completing Teubner : foreign irritants in China's clinical legal education system and the 'convergence' of imaginations / Michael W. Dowdle; title: When words fail : syariah law in indonesia, revival, reform or transplantation? / Tim Lindsey; title: Desecularising Malaysian law? / Amanda Whiting; title: Policing religion : discursive excursions into Singapore's maintenance of religious harmony act / Jothie Rajah; title: The eclipse of the astrologers : King Mongkut, his successors, and the reformation of law in Thailand / Andrew J. Harding.