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Human Rights in Asia: A Comparative Legal Study of Twelve Asian Jurisdictions, France and the USA

By Randall Peerenboom

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0415360021, 9780415360029, 9780203008157
LCC
KM572 .P44 2005
Open Library ID
OL3402420M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1988606 bytes)
Pages
544\543
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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