Public Interest Litigation in Asia

by Yap; Po Jen

• ISBN13: 9780415577816
• ISBN10: 0415577810
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This edited volume is a very timely and important contribution to the growing field of public law discourse in Asia. Surveying many of the important jurisdictions in Asia including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, India, South Korea and the Philippines, the book addresses the recent developments and experiences in the field of public interest litigation. The book offers a comparative perspective on an important aspect of 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.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. vi
Public interest litigation in Asia: an overview	p. 1
The development of public interest litigation in China	p. 9
Locus standi and public interest litigation in Hong Kong: a comparative study	p. 35
Public interest litigation in India: a quest to achieve the impossible?	p. 57
Public interest litigation in Malaysia: executive control and careful negotiation of the frontiers of judicial review	p. 80
Limitations on public interest litigation in Singapore: internalizing political ideology and institutionalizing judicial self-restraint	p. 99
Public interest litigation in South Korea	p. 115
Public interest litigation in Taiwan: strategy for law and policy changes in the course of democratization	p. 136
Index	p. 161
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