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Authoritarian legality in Asia : formation, development, and transition / edited by Weitseng Chen, Hualing Fu.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 393 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781108634816
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 340.11 23
LOC classification:
  • KNC514 .A98 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Authoritarian Legality in East Asia : What, Why and Whither? / Jacques deLisle -- The Concept of Authoritarian Law : The Chinese Case / Hualing Fu and Michael Dowdle -- Rule of Law Reform and the Rise of Rule by Fear in China / Eva Pils -- The Foreign NGO Law and the Closing of China / Thomas E. Kellogg -- Understanding Authoritarian Legality in Hong Kong : What can Dicey and Rawls Tell Us? / Richard Cullen and David Campbell -- The Clash of Legal Cultures : Hong Kong Efforts to Maintain the Liberal Rule of Law vs.Beijing's Hardline Authoritarian Legality / Michael C. Davis -- Is Singapore An Authoritarian Constitutional Regime? / Kevin Y.L. Tan -- From Signal to Legality : Meiji Japan and Authoritarian Constitutionalism / Tom Ginsburg -- Vietnamese Deliberative Authoritarianism and Legality / Do Hai Ha and Pip Nicholson -- Preserving Constitutionalism by Changing the Constitution : A Revisit and Defense of the Chng Suan Tze Episode / Jianlin Chen -- Angels Are in the Details : Voting System, Poll Workers, and Election Administration Integrity in Taiwan / Yen-Tu Su -- Student Activism and Authoritarian Legality Transition in Taiwan / Weitseng Chen -- Neoliberal Turn of State Conservatism in Japan : From Bureaucratic to Corporatist Authoritarian Legality / Koichi Nakano -- Authoritarian Legality after Authoritarianism : Legal Governance of Parties and Elections Before and After Democratic Transition in South Korea / Erik Mobrand.
Summary: A cluster of Asian states are well-known for their authoritarian legality while having been able to achieve remarkable economic growth. Why would an authoritarian regime seek or tolerate a significant degree of legality and how has such type of legality been made possible in Asia? Would a transition towards a liberal, democratic system eventually take place and, if so, what kind of post-transition struggles are likely to be experienced? This book compares the past and current experiences of China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam and offers a comparative framework for readers to conduct a theoretical dialogue with the orthodox conception of liberal democracy and the rule of law.
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Authoritarian Legality in East Asia : What, Why and Whither? / Jacques deLisle -- The Concept of Authoritarian Law : The Chinese Case / Hualing Fu and Michael Dowdle -- Rule of Law Reform and the Rise of Rule by Fear in China / Eva Pils -- The Foreign NGO Law and the Closing of China / Thomas E. Kellogg -- Understanding Authoritarian Legality in Hong Kong : What can Dicey and Rawls Tell Us? / Richard Cullen and David Campbell -- The Clash of Legal Cultures : Hong Kong Efforts to Maintain the Liberal Rule of Law vs.Beijing's Hardline Authoritarian Legality / Michael C. Davis -- Is Singapore An Authoritarian Constitutional Regime? / Kevin Y.L. Tan -- From Signal to Legality : Meiji Japan and Authoritarian Constitutionalism / Tom Ginsburg -- Vietnamese Deliberative Authoritarianism and Legality / Do Hai Ha and Pip Nicholson -- Preserving Constitutionalism by Changing the Constitution : A Revisit and Defense of the Chng Suan Tze Episode / Jianlin Chen -- Angels Are in the Details : Voting System, Poll Workers, and Election Administration Integrity in Taiwan / Yen-Tu Su -- Student Activism and Authoritarian Legality Transition in Taiwan / Weitseng Chen -- Neoliberal Turn of State Conservatism in Japan : From Bureaucratic to Corporatist Authoritarian Legality / Koichi Nakano -- Authoritarian Legality after Authoritarianism : Legal Governance of Parties and Elections Before and After Democratic Transition in South Korea / Erik Mobrand.

A cluster of Asian states are well-known for their authoritarian legality while having been able to achieve remarkable economic growth. Why would an authoritarian regime seek or tolerate a significant degree of legality and how has such type of legality been made possible in Asia? Would a transition towards a liberal, democratic system eventually take place and, if so, what kind of post-transition struggles are likely to be experienced? This book compares the past and current experiences of China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam and offers a comparative framework for readers to conduct a theoretical dialogue with the orthodox conception of liberal democracy and the rule of law.