This article seeks to provide an overview of how the controversial concept of legal culture
has been used so as to clarify its potential role in further developing comparative studies of …

This review addresses three questions surrounding authoritarian legality and state
capitalism in China. First, what is legality, and does it exist in China's Leninist single-party …

A growing number of religious minorities have been prosecuted for the criminal offence of
'insulting a religion', specifically Islam, in Indonesia. Both local and international human …

Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki
'Ahok'Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study, this book assesses whether Indonesia's …

At a time when global society is increasingly mobile and legal life is internationalized, the
role of comparative law is gaining importance. While the growing interest in this field may …

Singapore's ruling elite runs a finely calibrated system of social and political control based
on a mixture of monitoring and repression by the state, and self-monitoring and self-restraint …

Generally speaking there has been a relative dearth of serious scholarship focusing on the
evolution of Indian labour law in its economic, social, and political contexts. Such work as …

" Practicing law" has a dual meaning in this book. It refers to both the occupational practice
of law and the practicing of transplanted laws and institutions to perfect them. The book …

Islam plays a pivotal political role in Southeast Asian countries, where the governments that
have ruled since independence have been concerned with influencing the trajectory …

What is the term legal culture good for? What part does it play–and could it play–in socio-
legal research? As with many social science concepts, this one too is being used in a variety …