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Comparative Law in Asia: Essays in Honour of Andrew Harding

Edited by: Ngoc Son Bui, Munin Pongsapan

ISBN13: 9781509986545
Published: November 2025
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £110.00



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This book comprises essays in honour of Professor Andrew Harding, a leading scholar in the fields of Asian legal studies and comparative constitutional law.

Written by his colleagues and friends, the essays deal with important themes in comparative law in Asia, including comparative law methodology and theory; comparative constitutional law; legal transplants and development; and comparative law and society. The essays cover Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, and Commonwealth Asia.

Subjects:
Other Jurisdictions , Asia
Contents:
Preface, Andrew Harding (University of Reading Malaysia)
Introduction, Ngoc Son Bui (University of Oxford, UK) and Munin Pongsapan (Thammasat University, Thailand)

Part I: Comparative Law Methodology and Theory
1. The Grammars of Comparative Law Discourse (A La/Pace Harding), Arif A Jamal (National University of Singapore)
2. Confronting Global Complexity and Crisis: Lessons from the “Nomic Din” in Southeast Asia, Victor V Ramraj (University of Victoria, Canada)
3. Why Comparative Public Law is No Longer a Neglected Discipline: A Tribute to Andrew J. Harding, Justin Orlando Frosini (Bocconi University, Italy)

Part II: Comparative Constitutional Law
4. Comparative Constitutional Law and Asia: Conspectus and Prospectus, Kevin Tan (National University of Singapore)
5. The Westminster Model Constitution Home and Abroad: Texts and Contexts, Peter Leyland (SOAS, University of London, UK)
6. Wrestling with Eastminster: Monarchy in Malaysia, Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago, USA)
7. Negotiating Religious Federalism in Malaysia, Dian A H Shah (National University of Singapore)
8. Gender Constitutionalism and Reproductive Politics – Lessons from Asia, Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick, UK)
9. Moving Forward in a Backward Democracy: Reflections on the Thai Constitutional Court's Lèse-Majesté Campaign Decision, Rawin Leelapatana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
10. Independence Captured: Thailand's Independent Accountability Agencies and Democratic Backsliding, Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

Part III: Legal Transplants, Law and Development
11. Echoes Of Veracity: Localising the War on Fake News in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, Lasse Schuldt (Thammasat University, Thailand)
12. The Centenary of the 1923 Civil and Commercial Code: Failure or Beta Test? Surutchada Reekie and Adam Reekie (Thammasat University, Thailand)
13. Local Participatory Democracy Promotes Economic Development: Philippine People Power and the Schumpeterian Proviso, Bryan Dennis Gabito Tiojanco (University of Tokyo, Japan)
14. Local Lawmaking for Urban Development in Late Colonial Bandung, Indonesia: Looking Back in Anger? Jan Michiel Otto (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

Part IV: Comparative Law and Society
15. Religion and the Semi-Autonomous World of Constitutional Law, Benjamin L Berger (York University, Canada)
16. Relational Law and Transplanted Law in Village Thailand, David M Engel (The State University of New York, USA)
17. 'Dual State', Authoritarian Rule of Law and the Case of China, Albert HY Chen (University of Hong Kong)