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Journal of Asian Studies (1989) 48 (4): 798–799.
Published: 01 November 1989
...Taimie L. Bryant Legal Pluralism: Toward a General Theory Through Japanese Legal Culture . By Masaji Chiba . Tokyo : Tokai University Press , 1989 . xii, 236 pp. ¥7,000. (Distributed by Maruzen, P.O. Box 5050, Tokyo International 100–31, Japan) Copyright © The Association for Asian...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1986) 45 (2): 436–438.
Published: 01 February 1986
...Mason C. Hoadley Indonesian Legal History, 1602–1848 . By John Ball . Sydney : Oughtershaw Press , 1982 . viii, 300 pp. Notes, Bibliography, List of Abbreviations, Index. N.p. Indonesian Legal History: British West Sumatra, 1685–1825 . By John Ball . Sydney : Oughtershaw Press...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1965) 25 (1): 154.
Published: 01 November 1965
...Bernard S. Silberman Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1965 1965 Industrialization of Japan . By Nakayama Ichiro . Tokyo : Kasai , 1964 . Distributed by the East-West Center, Honolulu. 73. $2.50. The Formation of Modern Japan as viewed from Legal History...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1963) 22 (2): 228–229.
Published: 01 February 1963
...Gerard R. Moran; Robert E. Knowlton Burmese Law Tales. The Legal Element in Burmese Folk-lore . By Maung Htin Aung . London : Oxford University Press , 1962 . x , 159 . Appendix, Bibliography, $2.90. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1963 1963 228 JOURNAL OF ASIAN...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1963) 22 (2): 210–211.
Published: 01 February 1963
...H. Arthur Steiner Fundamental Legal Documents of Communist China . Edited by Albert P. Blaustein . South Hackensack, N. J. : Fred B. Rothman & Co. , 1962 . xxix , 603 . $14.00. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1963 1963 210 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES has...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2015) 74 (3): 639–666.
Published: 01 August 2015
...Paul K. Gellert; Andiko Abstract Amid the rapid expansion of oil palm plantations, the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry finds its authority over the forested areas ( kawasan hutan ) under pressure and continues to pursue strategies to legally maintain the areas within its jurisdiction. Combining...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (3): 841–843.
Published: 01 August 2001
...Margaret Y. K. Woo Bird in a Cage: Legal Reforms in China After Mao . By Stanley B. Lubman . Stanford : Stanford University Press , 1999 . 447 pp. $65.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2001 2001 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA 841 range of the natural sciences...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2021) 80 (1): 185–187.
Published: 01 February 2021
...Matthew H. Sommer Further research will be needed to prove whether Zhang is right about the legal knowledge of “ordinary people.” In closing, let me emphasize once again the value of her book, which should be required reading for any student of Chinese legal history. Zhang cites several...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2002) 61 (4): 1400–1401.
Published: 01 November 2002
...Richard W. Lariviere Justice in Practice: Legal Ethnography of a Pakistani Punjabi Village . By Muhammad Azam Chaudhary . New York : Oxford University Press , 1999 . 258 pp. $23.95 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2002 2002 1400 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2015) 74 (3): 667–686.
Published: 01 August 2015
.... Contrary to the preconceived notion that women of the Chosŏn were silent subjects outside their domestic boundary, their petitioning activity shows that women, irrespective of their status, had the same legal capacity as their male counterparts to appeal grievances at local and capital levels. This article...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2008) 67 (2): 469–511.
Published: 01 May 2008
... a 1995 northern Thai election for kamnan (subdistrict head) in historical context, this essay suggests that vote buying did not typify village electoral politics but was an aberration that reached its zenith during the mid-1990s. Legal ambiguities, not rural apathy or ignorance, impeded villagers...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1982) 41 (4): 864.
Published: 01 August 1982
...Ludo Rocher Beiträge zu Indischem Rechtsdenken [Contributions to Indian Legal Thinking] . By J. Duncan M. Derrett , Günther-Dieter Sontheimer , and Graham Smith . Wiesbaden : Franz Steiner Verlag , 1979 . ix, 116 pp. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. DM 29 (cloth). Copyright ©...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1983) 43 (1): 177–178.
Published: 01 November 1983
..., such an understanding is as important as an understanding of statistics if one is to become, as Frank Conlon puts it, a "scholar who counts." DAVID GILMARTIN University of Washington The Crisis of the Indian Legal System. By UPENDRA BAXI. New Delhi: Vikas (Alternatives in Development: Law), 1982. xiii, 358 pp...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1984) 43 (3): 566–567.
Published: 01 May 1984
...Pamela G. Price Lawyers and Touts: A Study in the Sociology of the Legal Profession . By J. S. Gandhi . Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press , 1982 . viii, 164 pp. Bibliography, Index. $14.50. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1984 1984 566 JOURNAL OF ASIAN...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1971) 30 (2): 462–463.
Published: 01 February 1971
...Merrily Baird Matsuri no hōshakaigaku (A Legal and Social Study of Festivals) . By Chiba Masaji . Tokyo : Kobundo , 1970 . 354 pp., Index, n.p. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 462 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Carl Pieter Thunberg was next. He came to Japan...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1980) 39 (3): 657–660.
Published: 01 May 1980
...A. J. Harding A Concise Legal History of South-East Asia . By M. B. Hooker . Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1978 . xvi, 289 pp. Tables, Bibliography, Index. $31.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1980 1980 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTHEAST ASIA 657 According to SarDesai...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1980) 39 (3): 547–548.
Published: 01 May 1980
...John Dardess Chinese Legal Tradition under the Mongols: The Code of 1291 as Reconstructed . By Paul Heng-chao Ch'en . Princeton : Princeton University Press (Studies in East Asian Law, Harvard University) , 1979 . xix, 205 pp. Chinese text, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $19.50...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (3): 854–856.
Published: 01 August 2016
...Anders Karlsson The Emotions of Justice: Gender, Status, and Legal Performance in Chosŏn Korea . By Jisoo M. Kim . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2015 . xv, 224 pp. ISBN: 9780295995038 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2016...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (3): 703–724.
Published: 01 August 2016
...Y. Yvon Wang Abstract This article uses Beijing police case records between 1913 and 1948 to uncover a new view of male-male sexual relationships and their legal regulation in fin-de-siècle China. It moves beyond previous studies' focus on sexological discourse and the world of Peking opera...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1973) 33 (1): 160–161.
Published: 01 November 1973
...James L. Peacock Islamic Courts in Indonesia: A Study in the Political Bases of Legal Institutions. . By Daniel S. Lev . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1972 . xii. 281 pp. Glossary, Index. $11.75. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1973 1973 160...
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