Law, society and transition in Myanmar / edited by Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey.
This edited volume to addresses the dynamics of the legal system of Myanmar/Burma in the context of the dramatic but incomplete transition to democracy that formally began in 2011. It includes contributions from leading scholars in the field on a range of key legal issues now facing Myanmar, such as...
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, OR :
Hart Publishing,
2014.
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| Series: | Hart studies in comparative public law.
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| Online Access: | Hart Publishing Law ebooks |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Myanmar, law reform and Asian legal studies / Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey
- A short research guide to Myanmar's legal system / Melissa Crouch and Nick Cheesman
- The layers of legal development in Myanmar / Melissa Crouch
- Is Burmese law Buddhist? Transition and tradition / Andrew Huxley
- Bodies on the line in Burma's law reports, 1892-1922 / Nick Cheesman
- Understanding the Myanmar Supreme Court's docket : an analysis of case topics from 2007 to 2011 / Dominic J. Nardi, Jr. and Lwin Moe
- What's so bad about Burma's 2008 constitution? A guide for the perplexed / David C. Williams
- The common law and constitutional writs : prospects for accountability in Myanmar / Melissa Crouch
- Constitution-making in Myanmar : insights from world experience / Anna Dziedzic and Cheryl Saunders
- Legislative foundations of Myanmar's economic reforms / Sean Turnell
- Elections and the reform agenda / Michael Lidauer and Gilles Saphy
- A principled approach to company law reform in Myanmar / Melinda Tun
- The Securities Exchange Law and prospectus regulation : early sketches of equity capital market law and regulation in Myanmar / Tun Zaw Mra
- Police reform and the 'civilianisation' of security in Myanmar / Andrew Selth
- Legal perspectives on industrial disputes in Myanmar / Kyaw Soe Lwin
- War, law, politics : reflections on violence and the Kachin / Nicholas Farrelly
- Civilian protection and the politics of humanitarian action in Kachin state / Alistair D.B. Cook
- Unlike any land you know about? Myanmar, reform and the Indonesia model / Tim Lindsey
- The regional context of Myanmar's democratic transition : what role for ASEAN's new institutions? / Catherine Shanahan Renshaw
- Law and development in its Burmese moment : legal reform in an emerging democracy / Andrew Harding.