Book contents
- Reviews
- The Asian Law and Society Reader
- The Asian Law and Society Reader
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Publisher’s Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Religion
- 2 Legal Pluralism
- 3 Disputing
- 4 Legal Consciousness
- 5 Legal Mobilization
- 6 Legal Professions
- 7 Courts
- 8 Crime and Justice
- 9 Practicing Law and Society Scholarship in Asia
- Index
- References
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023
- Reviews
- The Asian Law and Society Reader
- The Asian Law and Society Reader
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Publisher’s Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Religion
- 2 Legal Pluralism
- 3 Disputing
- 4 Legal Consciousness
- 5 Legal Mobilization
- 6 Legal Professions
- 7 Courts
- 8 Crime and Justice
- 9 Practicing Law and Society Scholarship in Asia
- Index
- References
Summary
This introductory chapter defines and describes the field of law and society in general and the rapidly expanding body of law and society research conducted in Asia in particular. It distinguishes law and society research from three close intellectual "cousins": traditional legal scholarship, law and development studies, and critical legal studies. It then traces the various strands of Asian law and society scholarship as they developed quite differently in four Asian countries: Indonesia, Japan, China, and India. The Introduction concludes with a description of the nine chapters contained in the Reader and the five crosscutting themes that appear in each chapter.
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- The Asian Law and Society Reader , pp. 1 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023