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This edited volume is a timely and insightful contribution to the growing discourses on public law in Asia. Surveying many important jurisdictions in Asia including mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, the book addresses recent developments and experiences in the field of public interest litigation. The book offers a comparative perspective on public law, asking crucial questions about the role of the state and how private citizens around Asia have increasingly used the forms, procedures and substance of public law to advance public and political aims.
This edited volume is a timely and insightful contribution to the growing discourses on public law in Asia. Surveying many important jurisdictions in Asia including mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, the book addresses recent developments and experiences in the field of public interest litigation. The book offers a comparative perspective on public law, asking crucial questions about the role of the state and how private citizens around Asia have increasingly used the forms, procedures and substance of public law to advance public and political aims.
1. Public Interest Litigation in Asia: an overview, Po Jen Yap and Holning Yau 2. The Development of Public Interest Litigation in China, Hualing Fu and Richard Cullen 3. Locus Standi and Public Interest Litigation in Hong Kong: a comparative study, Po Jen Yap 4. Public Interest Litigation in India: a quest to achieve the impossible? Surya Deva 5. Public Interest Litigation in Malaysia: executive control and careful negotiation of the frontiers of judicial review, Tsun Hang Tey 6. Limitations on Public Interest Litigation in Singapore: internalizing political ideology and institutionalizing judicial self-restraint, Tsun Hang Tey 7. Public Interest Litigation in South Korea, Tae-Ung Baik 8. Public Interest Litigation in Taiwan: strategy for law and policy changes in the course of democratization, Wen-Chen Chang
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of North Carolina, USA
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