Routledge Handbook of Asian Law

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"[This book] covers issues as diverse as family law and Islamic courts, decentralisation and the revival of traditional forms of law, discourses on the rule of law, human rights, corporate governance and environmental protection. The volume is divided into five parts covering: Asia in law, and the humanities and social sciences; the political economy of law in Asia - law in the context of Asian development; Asian traditions and their transformations; law, the environment, and access to land and natural resources; people in Asia and their rights."--