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  • Law and Social Policy in the Global South

    Brazil, China, India, South Africa

    Edited by Ulrike Davy, Albert H.Y. Chen ...
    The book is an in-depth study of the origins and the trajectories of the law governing social policies in Brazil, China, India, and South Africa, four middle-income countries in the global South with a history in social policy making that starts in the 1920s.The policies of these countries affect almost half of the world’s population. The book takes the legal framework of the policies as a ... Read more

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  • The Constitutional System of the Hong Kong SAR

    A Contextual Analysis

    by Po Jen Yap, Albert HY Chen ...
    Series series Constitutional Systems of the World
    This book provides an account of the evolving constitutional arrangement known as “One Country, Two Systems”, as practised in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC).The British colony of Hong Kong, one of the “Four Little Dragons” of East Asia, reverted to Chinese rule in 1997. Since then, Hong Kong has continued to be an international financial centre, ... Read more

    $45.39 CAD

  • Constitutional Courts in Asia

    A Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Albert H. Y. Chen, Andrew Harding ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
    The founding of a constitutional court is often an indication of a chosen path of constitutionalism and democracy. It is no coincidence that most of the constitutional courts in East and Southeast Asia were established at the same time as the transition of the countries concerned from authoritarianism to liberal constitutional democracy. This book is the first to provide systematic narratives and ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • One Country, Two Systems in Crisis

    Hong Kong's Transformation since the Handover

    by Brian Bridges, Albert H.Y. Chen, Anne S. Y. Cheung, Fung Ho-lup, Kenneth Ka-loh Chan, Beatrice K.F. Leung, Anita Y. K. Poon, Ting Wai, Timothy Ka-ying Wong ...
    In the tumultuous negotiations of the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, the United Kingdom willingly signed over Hong Kong's reigns to the People's Republic of China, but with the presupposition that the PRC would faithfully implement the principle of "one country, two systems" for the following fifty years. Yet since the handover in 1997, the PRC has failed to allow Hong Kong a higher ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Constitutionalism in Asia in the Early Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Albert H. Y. Chen ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
    Examining developments in the first decade of the twenty-first century, this authoritative collection of essays studies the evolving practice of constitutional law and constitutionalism in Asia. It provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse constitutional issues and developments in sixteen East, Southeast and South Asian countries. It also discusses the types of constitutionalism that exist ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Human Rights in Asia

    A Comparative Legal Study of Twelve Asian Jurisdictions, France and the USA

    Edited by Randall Peerenboom, Carole J. Petersen, Albert H.Y. Chen ...
    Series series Routledge Law in Asia
    Human Rights in Asia considers how human rights are viewed and implemented in Asia. It covers not just civil and political rights, but also social, economic and cultural rights.This study discusses the problems arising from the fact that ideas of human rights have evolved in Western liberal democracies and examines how far such values are compatible with Asian values and applicable in Asian ... Read more

    $138.99 CAD

  • Administrative Law and Governance in Asia

    Comparative Perspectives

    Edited by Tom Ginsburg, Albert H.Y. Chen ...
    Series series Routledge Law in Asia
    This book examines administrative law in Asia, exploring the profound changes in the legal regimes of many Asian states that have taken place in recent years. Political democratization in some countries, economic change more broadly and the forces of globalization have put pressure on the developmental state model, wherein bureaucrats governed in a kind of managed capitalism and public-private ... Read more

    $111.30 CAD

  • Public Law in East Asia

    by Tom Ginsburg ...
    Series series The Library of Essays on Law in East Asia
    Public Law in East Asia is a collection of the leading English-language articles on constitutional and administrative law in the Asian region, written by many of the leading scholars from this area. The region has its own distinct legal and political traditions, and its systems of government have facilitated dynamic economic growth, but the role of public law has not been well understood. Covering ... Read more

    $687.99 CAD

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  • The Constitution of China

    A Contextual Analysis

    by Qianfan Zhang ...
    Series series Constitutional Systems of the World
    This book on China's constitution and its tradition of constitutionalism is one of the first in the English language, and as such provides a much needed overview of China's constitutional history and present arrangements. The nine chapters are divided into three parts. The first part (Chapters 1 & 2) deals with China's constitutional history, its indigenous and Confucian antecedents, as well as ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Law and Legal Institutions of Asia

    Traditions, Adaptations and Innovations

    Edited by E. Ann Black, Gary F. Bell ...
    The study of Asia and its plural legal systems is of increasing significance, both within and outside Asia. Lawyers, whether in Australia, America or Europe, or working within an Asian jurisdiction, require a sound knowledge of how the law operates across this fast-growing and diverse region. Law and Legal Institutions of Asia is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of eleven key ... Read more

    $185.99 CAD

  • Slovenian Democratic Evolution and Praxis

    by Miro Haček, Marjan Brezovšek, Simona Kukovič ...
    According to the Nations in transit and HDI measurements, Slovenia isregarded as a democratic country yet with some measurements it can alsobe found lower down the scale (problems with corruption). Although suchmeasurements are not completely accurate, most of them rank Sloveniaamong the most successful countries in democratic transition. Since gainingindependence in 1991, Slovenia has completely ... Read more

    $14.16 CAD

  • The Constitutional Protection of Private Property in China

    Historical Evolution and Comparative Research

    by Chuanhui Wang ...
    This timely book reviews the changes in legal reform around the constitutional protection of private property in China since 1949. Using a comparative approach, it analyses the development of property theories and the various constitutionalisation models and practices of private property in representative countries including the United States, Canada, Germany, India and China. It also explores the ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD