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East Asia’s Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century: The Future of Legal and Judicial Landscapes in East Asia

East Asia’s Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century: The Future of Legal and Judicial Landscapes in East Asia

Author: SetsuoL Miyazawa; Weidong Ji; Fukurai Hiroshi; Kay-Wah Chan; Matthias Vanhullebusch
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004274198
Published In: March 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
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This volume showcases the most recent research on the future of the legal and judicial landscape in East Asia and its renewed respect for the rule of law in the 21st century. The book features research on emerging judicial stratifications in the legal profession; war crimes and their legacies in the post-colonial era; citizens' participation in the justice system; gender, law, legal culture and profession as well as environmental justice.

Foreword: Asia’s Changing Legal and Judicial Landscape

Tom Ginsburg

List of Contributors

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

Setsuo Miyazawa, Weidong Ji, Hiroshi Fukurai, Kay-Wah Chan and Matthias Vanhullebusch

Part 1 Emerging Judicial Stratifications in Legal Profession

The Development and Prospect of Legal Aid in China’s Criminal Trial

Weimin Zuo

Stratification or Diversification? 2011 Survey of Young Lawyers in Japan

Setsuo Miyazawa, Atsushi Bushimata, Keiichi Ageishi, Akira Fujimoto, Rikiya Kuboyama and Kyoko Ishida

Part 2 War Crimes and Their Legacies in the Post-Colonial Era

Justice Delayed: Post-Colonial Hauntings in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Hybrid Court System

Yvonne Y. Kwan

“Post-Colonial” Legal Interpretation in Macau, China: Between European and Chinese Influences

Denis de Castro Halis

The Right to Truth and the Legacies of World War II: A Way Forward for China?

Matthias Vanhullebusch

Part 3 Citizens’

Participation in the Justice System

China’s Lay Participation in the Justice System: Surveys and Interviews of Contemporary Lay Judges in Chinese Courts

Zhuoyu Wang and Hiroshi Fukurai

What’s Happening in the Jury Room? Analyzing Shadow Jury Deliberation in Korea

Jae-Hyup Lee, Jisuk Woo, June Woong Rhee, Jeong Min Choi and Hyunki Shin

Outlook and Contents of the “Civil Tribunal System” as Proposed by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA)

Harumi Takebe

Part 4 Gender and Law

Changes in Gender Composition and the Future of Gender Balance in the Legal Professions in Korea

Haesook Kim

Gender, Law and Legal Professions in China

Xiaonan Liu

Part 5 Environmental Justice and Legal Culture

China’s Past, Present and Future Approach to Climate Change

Patricia Blazey and Xiangbai He

Thailand’s Climate Policy and Law in the Making: Can the Tradition of Thai Civil Law Cope with Climate Governance?

Kridtiyaporn Wongsa

Legal Instrumentalism in China: The Case of Hukou Legislation in Beijing and Shenzhen

Qiqi Fu and Paola Pasquali

Invisible People, Pollution, and Places: Nuclear Contamination on the Tibetan Plateau, Himalayan Rivers, and Water Users

Abigail Brown

Bibliography

Author Index

Subject Index

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