1st Edition
Special Economic Zones in Asian Market Economies
Preface and Acknowledgements Contributors Abbreviations and Acronyms 1. SEZs: Policy incubators or catalysts for development? - Connie Carter and Andrew Harding 2. SEZs: A policy tool in search of a new agenda? - Peter Muchlinski 3. SEZs and China’s attempt to govern the labour market by law - Feng Xu 4. A tale of two Chinese SEZs: From exogenous to sustainable endogenous growth? - Connie Carter 5. SEZs and improved environmental management in China - Charles Krusekopf 6. SEZs and free ports in the Philippines: Challenges and opportunities in the Bases’ Conversion Program - Arnel Casanova 7. Iskandar and SEZs in Malaysia’s Dualistic Political Economy - Tey Tsun Hang 8. SEZs in India: an economic policy or a political intervention? - Shankar Gopalakrishnan 9. The Indian SEZ Act 2005 and its implications for modelling the law and governance of SEZs - Andrew Harding Resources
Biography
Connie Carter is Professor of Law at Royal Roads University and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria, both in Victoria, BC, Canada; and also a Barrister of Lincolns Inn, London. Her recent publications include Law and Economic Development in Singapore and Fighting Fakes in China: Legal Protection of Trademarks & Brands in the PRC.
Andrew Harding is currently a member of the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, BC, Canada, where he holds the Chair in Asia-Pacific Legal Relations and is Director of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI). He is co-editor of New Courts in Asia, and Constitutional Courts: a Comparative Study.
