This manuscript is a collection of essays on various issues in Asia-Pacific legal systems. It has been written within the framework of comparative legal research; thus, chapters address various of the ASEAN nations, as well as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
The topics in this comprehensive volume, which offer Canadian perspectives on contemporary Asian law, include securities, prostitution, environmental, and constitutional law.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 340.2
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780774854160 0774806737
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- KNC79 K561
- LCCN Item number
- A835 1998eb A84 1998eb
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- 1 electronic text (vi, 611 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00326431 (OCoLC)144081407 (CaOOCEL)404038
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 8
- Introduction: The Evolution of the Project 12
- Part I: The Economic Sector 24
- 1 The Convergence of Securities Laws in Asia: Case Studies of Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, and China 26
- 2 Parallel Importation of Wares and Reputation Spillover: Examples of Transnationalization of Law 93
- 3 Vietnam's Economic Law Transformation within the ASEAN Community 138
- Part II: The Civic Sector 162
- 4 Parliamentary Supremacy in Canada, Malaysia, and Singapore 164
- 5 Constitutional Change and Continuity in Thailand in the Aftermath of the 1991 Coup 227
- 6 The 1992 Vietnamese Constitution: Economic Reform, Political Continuity 252
- Part III: The Behavioural Sector 276
- 7 Legal Regulation of Mental Disorder: Looking East and West 278
- 8 Whores, Soiled Doves, or Working Women? Law, Society, and the Sex Trade in Australia, Canada, and Thailand 362
- Part IV: Cross-Sectoral Contexts 412
- 9 Environmental Law as "Sacred Text": Western Values and Southeast Asian Prospects 414
- 10 Indigenous Peoples and the Law: The Colonial Legacy in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States 475
- 11 Alternative Dispute Resolution in Thailand and Cambodia: Making Common Sense on (Un)Common Ground 510
- Conclusion: Reflections on the Convergence and Divergence of Legal Systems 557
- Contributors 604
- Index 607
- Introduction 607
- A 607
- C 607
- F 607
- G 607
- L 607
- P 607
- S 607
- T 607
- U 607
- Chapter 1: Convergence of Securities Laws in Asia 607
- A 607
- B 607
- C 607
- D 607
- E 607
- F 608
- G 608
- I 608
- J 608
- L 608
- M 608
- P 608
- S 608
- T 608
- U 608
- V 608
- Chapter 2: Parallel Importation of Wares and Reputation Spillover 608
- A 608
- C 608
- D 608
- E 608
- G 608
- I 609
- L 609
- M 609
- P 609
- R 609
- S 609
- T 609
- U 609
- Chapter 3: Vietnam's Economic Law Transformation 609
- A 609
- B 609
- C 609
- D 609
- F 609
- G 609
- I 609
- J 609
- L 609
- M 609
- O 610
- P 610
- R 610
- S 610
- T 610
- U 610
- V 610
- W 610
- Chapter 4: Parliamentary Supremacy in Canada, Malaysia, and Singapore 610
- C 610
- E 610
- J 610
- M 610
- P 611
- S 611
- U 611
- W 611
- Chapter 5: Constitutional Change and Continuity in Thailand 611
- B 611
- C 611
- E 611
- H 611
- J 611
- K 611
- L 611
- M 611
- N 612
- P 612
- S 612
- U 612
- Chapter 6: The 1992 Vietnamese Constitution 612
- A 612
- B 612
- C 612
- D 612
- E 612
- F 612
- H 612
- I 612
- J 612
- L 612
- M 612
- N 612
- O 612
- P 612
- S 612
- T 612
- U 612
- V 612
- Chapter 7: Legal Regulation of Mental Disorder 612
- A 612
- B 613
- C 613
- D 613
- F 614
- H 614
- I 614
- J 614
- L 614
- M 614
- N 615
- O 615
- P 615
- S 615
- T 615
- U 615
- V 615
- Y 615
- W 615
- Chapter 8: Whores, Soiled Doves, or Working Women? 615
- A 615
- B 615
- C 616
- D 616
- E 616
- F 616
- G 616
- I 616
- L 616
- M 616
- N 616
- P 616
- R 616
- S 616
- T 616
- U 616
- V 616
- W 616
- Chapter 9: Environmental Law as "Sacred Text" 616
- A 616
- C 616
- D 617
- E 617
- G 617
- H 617
- I 617
- L 617
- M 617
- N 617
- P 617
- R 617
- S 617
- T 617
- U 617
- V 617
- W 617
- Chapter 10: Indigenous Peoples and the Law 617
- A 617
- C 617
- D 618
- F 618
- G 618
- I 618
- L 618
- M 618
- N 618
- R 618
- S 618
- T 618
- U 618
- Chapter 11: Alternative Dispute Resolution in Thailand and Cambodia 618
- A 618
- B 618
- C 618
- D 618
- E 618
- F 618
- G 618
- H 618
- I 618
- L 619
- M 619
- N 619
- P 619
- R 619
- S 619
- T 619
- U 619
- W 619
- Conclusion 619
- A 619
- B 619
- C 619
- D 619
- E 619
- G 619
- H 619
- I 619
- J 619
- L 619
- M 619
- N 619
- P 620
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