Asian law and society research has rapidly expanded worldwide. This first-ever reader features original commentaries on key works, debates, and methods. For students and scholars interested in law, culture, politics, and society in Asian countries, it is an essential teaching tool for courses in law, social sciences, and justice studies.
Asian law and society research has rapidly expanded worldwide. This first-ever reader features original commentaries on key works, debates, and methods. For students and scholars interested in law, culture, politics, and society in Asian countries, it is an essential teaching tool for courses in law, social sciences, and justice studies.
Lynette J. Chua is the author of Mobilizing Gay Singapore: Rights and Resistance in an Authoritarian State (2014); The Politics of Love in Myanmar: LGBT Mobilization and Human Rights as a Way of Life (2019); and The Politics of Rights and Southeast Asia (2022). She is also President of the Asian Law & Society Association (2022¿23).
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Introduction 1. Religion 2. Pluralism 3. Disputing 4. Legal consciousness 5. Legal mobilization 6. Legal professions 7. Courts 8. Crime and justice 9. Practicing law and society scholarship in Asia.