No concessions [electronic resource] : the life of Yap Thiam Hien, Indonesian human rights lawyer / Daniel S. Lev ; introduction by Benedict Anderson ; and contributions by Arlene O. Lev ... [et al.].

By: Lev, Daniel SContributor(s): Lev, Arlene O. (Arlene Offenhender) | Anderson, Benedict | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studiesPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011Description: 466 p. : illISBN: 9780295801773 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Yap, Thiam Hien, 1913-1989 | Lawyers -- Indonesia -- Biography | Chinese -- Indonesia -- Biography | Human rights -- Indonesia | Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 340.092 | B LOC classification: KNW110.Y37 | L48 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Aceh -- Java -- Batavia -- From Sukabumi to Leiden -- Jakarta -- Hazardous waters -- At sea in peranakan politics -- The Baperki wars -- Out of the ethnic cage -- Into New Order Indonesia -- Early New Order battlefields -- Reform frontiers -- Law as politics : a sidetrip to detention -- Epilogue : a steady course / Arlene O. Lev -- Postscript : New Order landmark cases / Sebastiaan Pompe and Ibrahim Assegaf -- Appendix : defense summation in Asep Suryaman trial / Yap Thiam Hien.
Summary: "A biography of human rights lawyer Yap Thiam Hien (1913-1989) that focuses on the country's contemporary political turmoil and struggle for human rights, the workings of Indonesia's legal system, and the history of the Chinese community there."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aceh -- Java -- Batavia -- From Sukabumi to Leiden -- Jakarta -- Hazardous waters -- At sea in peranakan politics -- The Baperki wars -- Out of the ethnic cage -- Into New Order Indonesia -- Early New Order battlefields -- Reform frontiers -- Law as politics : a sidetrip to detention -- Epilogue : a steady course / Arlene O. Lev -- Postscript : New Order landmark cases / Sebastiaan Pompe and Ibrahim Assegaf -- Appendix : defense summation in Asep Suryaman trial / Yap Thiam Hien.

"A biography of human rights lawyer Yap Thiam Hien (1913-1989) that focuses on the country's contemporary political turmoil and struggle for human rights, the workings of Indonesia's legal system, and the history of the Chinese community there."--Publisher's description.

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