Journal article
The rule of law: Authoritarian governance in East Asia
Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Vol.2(1), pp.31-34
1998
Abstract
The rule of law is all the rage in East Asia. The governments of Singapore and Hong Kong claim it as a distinctive characteristic of their political systems. Major multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank spend considerable resources on the provision oflegal-reform projects and academic analysts consider the establishment of credible legal institutions as a necessary feature of the transition to market-based economies and democratic polities. Implicit in their advocacy and study of the rule oflaw is the assumption that legal institutions are part of a wider package of market and democratic institutions. In fact, this argument is reminiscent of an old maxim of modernization theory that all "good things go together."...
Details
- Title
- The rule of law: Authoritarian governance in East Asia
- Authors/Creators
- K. Jayasuriya (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Vol.2(1), pp.31-34
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005545056707891
- Copyright
- © 1998, The Harvard Asia Pacific Review
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Asia Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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