Routledge Studies in Asian Law
About the Book Series
This series brings together studies looking into all aspects of the law in an Asian and Asia-Pacific context. Synthesising a range of disciplines, it aims to develop our understanding of a whole range of legal issues emerging from the world's largest continent.
Law and Justice in Small Island Developing States: Lessons from Niue - Tutonuhia he tagata Niue
1st Edition
By Mana Takahashi, Kahealani Sinahemana Hekau
November 14, 2025
This book systematically identifies the challenges and features of law and development, as faced by small island developing states (SIDS). The book contextualizes this through the case study of Niue, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand since 1974. The book surveys literature...
Stem Cell Governance and Ethics
1st Edition
By Mohammad Firdaus Bin Abdul Aziz
March 20, 2025
This book explores the ethical and governance concerns of stem cell technology, taking a comparative approach between countries of differing socio-economic status. The book provides a typology of different stem cell types and discusses key ethical issues surrounding the use of human stem cells in ...
State Administrative Law in Indonesia
1st Edition
By M. Zaenul Muttaqin
December 16, 2024
This book examines Indonesian laws regulating state administration, in other words, the relationship between the Indonesian government and its citizens. This book uses public administration science to explain state administrative law. It covers the historical evolution of state administrative law ...
Philosophy of Law in Korea: Acceptance, Engagement and Social Change
1st Edition
By Jeong-Oh Kim, Hak Tai Kim, Joon-Seok Park, Dong-Ryong Shin
August 26, 2024
When Korea began as a newly independent state in 1948, its economy was very underdeveloped and the rule of law was just established. The journey of democratization in Korea was not without challenges. This book traces the history of the legal philosophy development in Korea and highlights Korea's ...
The Law and Regulation of Public Health: Global Perspectives on Hong Kong
1st Edition
By Eric C. Ip
September 30, 2023
Public health law has been a subject of much controversy and contestation, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. This timely book inquires into the foundational principles of a form of public health law that takes seriously the inherent dignity of the human person. Written from a ...
China’s Foreign Investment Legal Regime: Progress and Limitations
1st Edition
By Yuwen Li, Cheng Bian
September 25, 2023
China has developed a piecemeal pattern of regulating foreign investment since the end of 1970s. The latest law is the Foreign Investment Law (FIL), which became effective on 1 January 2020. The groundbreaking new FIL is well acknowledged for its promises and affirmations pledged to investors,...
Land Law and Disputes in Asia: In Search of an Alternative for Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Yuka Kaneko, Narufumi Kadomatsu, Brian Z. Tamanaha
May 31, 2023
Through an in-depth legal analysis by leading scholars, this book searches for the exact legal causes of land-related disputes in Asia within the histories, legal systems and social realities of the respective countries. It consists of four main parts: examining the relationship between law and ...
Chinese Legal Culture and Constitutional Order
1st Edition
By Shiping Hua
June 30, 2021
This book examines China’s striving for a constitutional order in the 20th century from comparative, historical, and theoretical perspectives.Through a comprehensive study of six major constitutional reforms experienced by China in the last century, Shiping Hua explores pragmatism, instrumentalism,...
Writing Chinese Laws: The Form and Function of Legal Statutes Found in the Qin Shuihudi Corpus
1st Edition
By Ernest Caldwell
March 31, 2021
The legal institutions of the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BCE) have been vilified by history as harsh and draconian. Yet ironically, many Qin institutional features, such as written statutory law, were readily adopted by subsequent dynasties as the primary means for maintaining administrative ...
Constitutional Remedies in Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Po Jen Yap
September 30, 2020
Many jurisdictions in Asia have vested their courts with the power of constitutional review. Traditionally, these courts would invalidate an impugned law to the extent of its inconsistency with the constitution. In common law systems, such an invalidation operates immediately and retrospectively; ...
Civil Unrest and Governance in Hong Kong: Law and Order from Historical and Cultural Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael H. K. Ng, John Wong
January 23, 2019
This book examines important social movements in Hong Kong from the perspectives of historical and cultural studies. Conventionally regarded as one of the most politically stable cities in Asia, Hong Kong has yet witnessed many demonstrations and struggles against the colonial and post-colonial ...
Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery
1st Edition
Edited
By Yuka KANEKO, Katsumi MATSUOKA, Toshihisa TOYODA
December 21, 2017
This book is a critical analysis of several of the most disaster-prone regions in Asia. Its unique focus is on the legal issues in the phase of disaster recovery, the most lengthy and difficult stage of disaster response that follows the conclusion of initial emergency stage of humanitarian aid. In...