Human Rights in Asia considers how human rights are viewed and implemented in Asia. It covers not just civil and political rights, but also social, economic and cultural rights.

This study discusses the problems arising from the fact that ideas of human rights have evolved in Western liberal democracies and examines how far such values are compatible with Asian values and applicable in Asian contexts. Core chapters on France and the USA provide a benchmark on how human rights have emerged and how they are applied and implemented in a civil law and a common law jurisdiction. These are then followed by twelve chapters on the major countries of East Asia plus India, each of which follows a common template to consider the context of the legal system in each country, black letter law, legal discussions and debates and key current issues concerning human rights in each jurisdiction.

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2006

ISBN

9781134238804

Edition

Topic

Historia

Subtopic

Historia asiática

Cover
Half Title
Routledge Law in Asia
Full Title
Copyright
Contents
Notes on contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 An empirical overview of rights performance in Asia, France, and the USA: The dominance of wealth in the interplay of economics, culture, law, and governance
2 The protection of human rights in France: A comparative perspective
3 Uncovering rights in the USA: Gauging the gap between the Bill of Rights and human rights
4 The protection of “fundamental human rights” in Japan
5 Taking rights seriously? Human rights law in Singapore
6 Human rights in Malaysia
7 From British colony to special administrative region of China: Embracing human rights in Hong Kong
8 Human rights in Korea
9 The implementation of human rights law in Taiwan
10 Human rights in the era of “Thailand Inc.”
11 The Philippines: The persistence of rights discourse vis—á—vis substantive social claims
12 Human rights in Indonesia
13 Protection of human rights and production of human rightlessness in India
14 Human rights in China
15 Evolving concepts of human rights in Vietnam
16 Conclusion: comparative reflections on human rights in Asia
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