Asian Law Books

New and Published Books

1. Justice, Judocracy and Democracy in India

   Boundaries and Breaches

   By Sudhanshu Ranjan

   This book is an innovative approach to studying ‘judicial activism’ in the Indian context. While discussing the varying roles of the judiciary, it delineates the boundaries of different organs of the State — judiciary, executive and legislature — and highlights the points where these boundaries...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge India
2. Gender and Transitional Justice

   The Women of East Timor

   By Susan Harris Rimmer

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Gender and Transitional Justice provides the first comprehensive feminist analysis of the role of international law in formal transitional justice mechanisms. Using East Timor as a case study, it offers reflections on transitional justice administered by a UN transitional administration. Often...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. Transnational Crime and Human Rights

   Responses to Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion

   By Susan Kneebone, Julie Debeljak

   Transnational Crime and Human Rights offers an evaluation of the responses to the transnational crime of human trafficking and governance of the issue through a case study of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), which comprises Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Lao People's Democratic...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
4. Law and Policy for China's Market Socialism

   Edited by John Garrick

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This edited volume presents fresh empirical research on the emerging outcomes of China’s law reforms. The chapters examine China’s ‘going out’ policy by addressing the ways in which the underpinning legal reforms enable China to pursue its core interests and broad international responsibilities as...

   Published April 8th 2012 by Routledge
5. Tools of Justice

   Non Discrimination and the Indian Constitution

   By Kalpana Kannabiran

   In the years since independence, the Indian subcontinent has witnessed an alarming rise in violence against marginalized communities, with an increasing number of groups pushed to the margins of the democratic order. Against this background of violence, injustice and the abuse of rights, this book...

   Published February 29th 2012 by Routledge India
6. The Changing Chinese Legal System, 1978 – Present

   Centralization of Power and Rationalization of the Legal System

   By Bin Liang

   Series: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture

   This groundbreaking book examines the changing Chinese legal system since 1978. In addition to historical analyses of changes at the economic, political-legal, and social levels, Liang gives special attention to crime and punishment functions of the legal system, and the current judicial...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Law and Development in Asia

   Edited by Gerald Paul McAlinn, Caslav Pejovic

   Series: Routledge Law in Asia

   This book fills a gap in the literature by presenting a comprehensive overview of the key issues relating to law and development in Asia. Over recent decades, experts in law and development have produced multiple theories on law and development, none of which were derived from close study of Asian...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
8. Asian Yearbook of International Law

   Volume 15 (2009)

   Edited by B.S. Chimni, Miyoshi Masahiro, Javaid Rehman

   Series: Asian Yearbook of International Law

   Launched in 1991, The Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective, under the auspices of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA). It is the first publication of...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
9. Justice and Governance in East Timor

   Indigenous Approaches and the 'New Subsistence State'

   By Rod Nixon

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Focusing on the case study of Timor Leste, this book presents the New Subsistence State as a conceptual tool for understanding governance challenges in countries characterised by subsistence economic and social relations. It examines the ways in which Timor Leste conforms to the typology of the New...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
10. Foreign Investment and Dispute Resolution Law and Practice in Asia

    Edited by Vivienne Bath, Luke Nottage

    Series: Routledge Research in International Economic Law

    This book considers foreign investment flows in major Asian economies. It critically assesses the patterns and issues involved in the substantive law and policy environment which impact on investment flows, as well as the related dispute resolution law and practice. The book combines insights from...

    Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge