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Equality in Asia-Pacific: Reality or a Contradiction in Terms? book cover

1st Edition

Equality in Asia-Pacific Reality or a Contradiction in Terms?

Edited By Phil C. W. Chan Copyright 2008
270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge
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In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stating every human being’s right of equality in dignity and right. However, notwithstanding recognition by the international community of its importance and codification in numerous national and sub-national constitutions and legislation, reinforced by various multilateral and regional human rights... Read more

1. Equality in Asia-Pacific: Reality or a Contradiction in Terms? – An Introduction  2. What’s in a Name? Bisexuality, Transnational Sexuality Studies and Western Colonial Legacies  3. Same-Sex Marriage/Constitutionalism and their Centrality to Equality Rights in Hong Kong: A Comparative–Socio-Legal Appraisal  4. Changing Times, Changing Minds, Changing Laws – Sexual Orientation and New Zealand Law, 1960 to 2005  5. The Same-Sex Marriage Debate in Australia  6. Non-Governmental Organising for Gender Equality in China – Joining a Global Emancipatory Epistemic Community  7. On China’s Slow Boat to Women’s Rights: Revisions to the Women’s Protection Law, 2005  8. Inequality of Educational Opportunity in Korea by Gender, Socioeconomic Background, and Family Structure  9. Official Languages and Bilingualism in the Courtroom: Hong Kong, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and International Law  10. Constitutionalising Affirmative Action in the Fiji Islands

Biography

Phil C. W. Chan is Editorial Board Member of The International Journal of Human Rights and the Journal of Homosexuality respectively, and Assistant Editor of the Chinese Journal of International Law.

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