01869     2200241   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001300123084001700136100003800153245007200191260003700263300001600300520116800316650002901484650003401513650002801547990002601575990002601601INLIS00000000000009620221029082642  a0010-0520000096221029                |          | eng    a0-415-19743-x  aeng  a340.0951  a340.0951 LAW0 aLaw, Capitalism and Power in Asia1 aLaw, Capitalism and Power in Asia /cEdited by Khanishka Jayasuriya  aNew York :bSinar Grafika,c1999  axiii, 345p.  aMany governments in East Asia claim that the rule of law is a distinctive characteristic of their political system. Major multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank spend considerable resources in the provision of legal reform projects. There is an assumption that the rule of law will result in a transition to market-based economies and even democracy, but is this really true for Asia? In this challenging and provocative new study the authors contest that the liberal notion of the rule of law regulating the exercise of power is unlikely to come about in much of East Asia. Indeed, they argue that the rule of law is more likely to provide political elites with the means to control civil society more closley. In this broad ranging volume, a comparative approach is used to examine the major states of East Asia and civil and common law jurisdiction. The book makes clear that the rule of law needs to be understood in the context of notions of political authority and shows how important it is to locate conceptions of judicial independence and the rule of law more generally within the ideological vocabulary of the state. 4a1. Rule of Law-East asia 4a2. Rule of Law-Southeast Asia 4a3. Capitalism-East Asia  a07584/MKRI-P/XII-2007  a07584/MKRI-P/XII-2007