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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade ReviewThis collection of articles provides an impressive one-stop shop for readers who want a landscape portrait of law in East Asia in the early twenty-first century. The breadth of coverage makes the task of a reviewer difficult, as each contribution stands on its own as a piece of scholarship about a particular topic in a particular place. Nevertheless, read together, the articles do achieve a sense of unity as a compendium of themes and trends in the region’s legal systems. Dan Rosen, Asian Journal of Law and Society 3,2 (2016)
Table of ContentsForeword: 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
