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Asia-Pacific Judiciaries
Independence, Impartiality and Integrity

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H. P. Lee, Marilyn Pittard, Shimon Shetreet, M. Rafiqul Islam, Ann Black, Lin Feng, Venkat Iyer, Albert H. Y. Chen, P. Y. Lo, Rehan Abeyratne, Nadirsyah Hosen, Shigenori Matsui, Richard Foo, Melissa Crouch, Kevin Y. L. Tan, Suri Ratnapala, Wen-Chen Chang, Miranda Forsyth, Pip Nicholson, Hung Quang Nguyen
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  • Date Published: February 2019
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781108707275

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  • Judicial independence, integrity and impartiality are crucial to public trust in the judiciary. Justice must also be seen to be dispensed fairly and without fear or favour. In the context of themes and perspectives as well as comparative theories of independence, this book provides a contemporary analysis of the role and independence of judges in fifteen countries in the Asia-Pacific. Expert analyses include countries that are governed by authoritarian governments or are beset by dramatic government changes, which undermine judges by attacking and preventing their independence, to more democratic countries where there are strides towards judicial independence. The problems confronting judges and courts are explained and analysed, with the aim of establishing a commonality of standards which can be developed to strengthen and promote the important values of judicial independence, impartiality and integrity. Solutions for the Asia-Pacific region are also proposed.

    • Examines the judiciary's role, independence and key developments from a diverse range of jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific
    • Provides a contemporary analysis of the role and independence of judges that will help readers gain a broad understanding of judiciaries in many jurisdictions of the Asia-Pacific region
    • Analyses problems confronting judges and courts with the aim of establishing a commonality of standards to strengthen and promote the important values of judicial independence, impartiality and integrity
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    • Date Published: February 2019
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781108707275
    • length: 471 pages
    • dimensions: 230 x 151 x 23 mm
    • weight: 0.65kg
    • contains: 2 b/w illus. 4 tables
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Asia-Pacific judiciaries: themes and contemporary perspectives H. P. Lee and Marilyn Pittard
    2. Independence and accountability of the judiciary: comparative analysis of the theories and realities with lessons for the Asia-Pacific Shimon Shetreet
    3. The judiciary of Bangladesh: its independence and accountability M. Rafiqul Islam
    4. Judicial independence, impartiality and integrity in Brunei Darussalam Ann Black
    5. The future of judicial independence in China Lin Feng
    6. The judiciary in Fiji: a broken reed Venkat Iyer
    7. Hong Kong's judiciary under 'one country, two systems' Albert H. Y. Chen and P. Y. Lo
    8. Judicial independence and the rise of the Supreme Court in India Rehan Abeyratne
    9. The Indonesian courts: from non-independence to independence without accountability Nadirsyah Hosen
    10. Independence of the judiciary and securing the public trust in Japan Shigenori Matsui
    11. The Malaysian judiciary: a Sisyphean quest for redemption? H. P. Lee and Richard Foo
    12. Judicial power in Myanmar and the challenge of judicial independence Melissa Crouch
    13. The Singapore judiciary: independence, impartiality and integrity Kevin Y. L. Tan
    14. Decline and fall of Sri Lanka's judiciary and prospects for resurrection Suri Ratnapala
    15. Institutional independence of the judiciary: Taiwan's incomplete reform Wen-Chen Chang
    16. The Vanuatu judiciary: a critical check on executive power Miranda Forsyth
    17. Independence, impartiality and integrity of the judiciary in Vietnam Pip Nicholson and Hung Quang Nguyen
    18. The challenges of judicial independence in the Asia-Pacific H. P. Lee and Marilyn Pittard.

  • Editors

    H. P. Lee, Monash University, Victoria
    H. P. Lee, Emeritus Professor, held the Sir John Latham Chair of Law at Monash University, Victoria from 1995 to 2014, where he had also served as the Deputy Dean and Acting Dean. Professor Lee's many publications include Constitutional Conflicts in Contemporary Malaysia (2017), The Australian Judiciary (2013) and Judiciaries in Comparative Perspective (2011). He has published extensively on the judiciary, national security, and Australian and Malaysian constitutional law, and is on a number of advisory boards of prestigious law journals. He was awarded the Australian Press Council Medal in 2011. In 2015, he was appointed Emeritus Professor of Law at Monash University, Victoria.

    Marilyn Pittard, Monash University, Victoria
    Marilyn Pittard, Professor of Law in Monash University's Faculty of Law, has served for twenty years as Associate Dean in Research, in Postgraduate Studies, in International Engagement and Acting Dean. With expertise in labour and employment law, and administrative law, she has recently published Labour and Employment Law (2015) and co-edited Business Innovation and the Law: Perspectives from Intellectual Property, Labour, Competition and Corporate Law (2013). She has co-authored several editions of Australian Labour Law (2010) and co-edited Public Sector Employment Law in the Twenty-First Century (2011). Currently, she is Vice President of the Australian Labour Law Association; general editor of LexisNexis' Employment Law Bulletin; and founding and current editorial board member of the Australian Journal of Labour Law.

    Contributors

    H. P. Lee, Marilyn Pittard, Shimon Shetreet, M. Rafiqul Islam, Ann Black, Lin Feng, Venkat Iyer, Albert H. Y. Chen, P. Y. Lo, Rehan Abeyratne, Nadirsyah Hosen, Shigenori Matsui, Richard Foo, Melissa Crouch, Kevin Y. L. Tan, Suri Ratnapala, Wen-Chen Chang, Miranda Forsyth, Pip Nicholson, Hung Quang Nguyen

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