Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire by Yves Dezalay (English)

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Asian Legal Revivals by Yves Dezalay, Bryant G. Garth Drawing upon the insights of Pierre Bourdieu, this book explores the increasing importance of the positions of the law and lawyers in South and Southeast Asia. It argues that the situation in many Asian countries can only be fully understood by looking to their differing colonial experiences. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description More than a decade ago, before globalization became a buzzword, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth established themselves as leading analysts of how that process has shaped the legal profession. Drawing upon the insights of Pierre Bourdieu, Asian Legal Revivals explores the increasing importance of the positions of the law and lawyers in South and Southeast Asia. Dezalay and Garth argue that the current situation in many Asian countries can only be fully understood by looking to their differing colonial experiences—and in considering how those experiences have laid the foundation for those societies legal profession today. Deftly tracing the transformation of the relationship between law and state into different colonial settings, the authors show how nationalist legal elites in countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea came to wield political power as agents in the move toward national independence. Including fieldwork from over 350 interviews, Asian Legal Revivals illuminates the more recent past and present of these legally changing nations and explains the professions recent revival of influence, as spurred on by American geopolitical and legal interests. Author Biography Yves Dezalay is director of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique. Bryant G. Garth is dean and professor of law at Southwestern Law School. They are the authors of two previous books, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: Studying Law and Lawyers in Asia PART I . Introduction: Geneses of Law and State in Europe and Their Relationship to Colonial Ventures Abroad Chapter 2. European Geneses: Models of Law and State Power Chapter 3. Expatriates and Traders in Early Colonial State Building in Asia Chapter 4. Lawyers and the Construction of U.S. "Anti-Imperialist" Imperialism and a Foreign Policy Elite PART II. Strategies for Constructing Legal Professions and Producing New State Elites Chapter 5. The British Empire and the Indian Raj: A Legal Elite from Colonial Co-optation to State Independence Chapter 6. The American Empire in the Philippines: Building a State and a Legal Elite in the U.S. Image Chapter 7. Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore: Late and Relatively Weak Colonial Legal Investment Converted into State Leadership. Korea as a Different Model of Weakness PART III. Turf Battles of the Cold War: Lawyer-Politicians Challenged by Technocrats as Modernizers Chapter 8. Indonesia and South Korea: Marginalizing Legal Elites and Empowering Economists Chapter 9. The Philippines and Singapore: Lawyers and the Construction of Authoritarian Regimes Chapter 10. India and Malaysia: Resistance of the Legal Elite to Marginalization by Authoritarian Developmental States PART IV. Merchants of Law as Moral Entrepreneurs Chapter 11. Lawyers as Political Champions against Authoritarianism: Relative Successes Exemplifi ed by the Philippines and India Chapter 12. Lawyers as Political Champions against Authoritarianism: Relative Failures in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong Chapter 13. Corporate Compradors Doubling as Sponsors of a New Generation of Social Justice Entrepreneurs: Indonesia, Philippines, India, and South Korea Chapter 14. Political Investment and the Construction of Legal Markets: Legal, Social, and International Capital in Asian Legal Revivals Works Cited Index Review "Asian Legal Revivals makes an innovative and significant contribution to the field of law and society scholarship. This book and its largeness of understanding and exceptional vision will establish a new benchmark and will quickly become essential reading." - Carol A. G. Jones, visiting fellow, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong" Review Quote "Well written in a clear and engaging style, Asian Legal Revivals is a timely, original, and engaging contribution to legal studies. Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth offer a rich and compelling account of the role of lawyers as both servants to--and sometimes overseers of--emerging nation-states. By telling the story of the revival of law in postcolonial Asia, the authors signal a collective awakening to the importance of the reemergence of the Asian legal field--as an industry, as a political enterprise, and as a tool for reshaping governance. Employing a wide range of new scholarly accounts of the countries in focus and including a pathbreaking amount of interview data, this book will certainly attract attention from scholars and graduate students in sociolegal studies and political science throughout the world, and it will be read widely by legal scholars and practitioners in Asia and the United States." Details ISBN0226144631 Author Bryant G. Garth Short Title ASIAN LEGAL REVIVALS Language English ISBN-10 0226144631 ISBN-13 9780226144634 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Year 2010 Residence Paris, FR Birth 1945 Illustrations black & white illustrations UK Release Date 2010-11-15 Publication Date 2010-11-15 AU Release Date 2010-11-15 NZ Release Date 2010-11-15 US Release Date 2010-11-15 Pages 304 Publisher The University of Chicago Press DEWEY 340.095 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Series Chicago Series in Law and Society We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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