Asian discourses of rule of law [electronic resource] : theories and implementation of rule of law in twelve Asian countries, France, and the U.S. / edited by Randall Peerenboom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Varieties of rule of law : an introduction and provisional conclusion -- Rule of law in the United States -- Rule of law in France -- Competing conceptions of rule of law in China -- Concepts of law in Vietnam : transforming statist socialism -- Rule of law within a nonliberal 'communitarian' democracy : the Singapore experience -- Competing conceptions of rule of law in Malaysia -- Debating rule of law in the Hong Kong special administrative region, 1997-2002 -- Indonesia : devaluing Asian values, rewriting rule of law -- Rule of law in India : theory and practice -- Rule of law and aspects of human rights in Thailand : from conceptualization to implementation? -- The Philippine "People Power" Constitution, rule of law, and the limits of liberal constitutionalism -- Rule of law in Korea : rhetoric and implementation -- The effects of rule of law principles in Taiwan -- Rule of law in Japan.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.