Full Description
This is the first book that focusses on how proportionality analysis - a legal transplant from the West - is applied by courts around Asia, and it explores how a country's commitment to democracy and the rule of law is fundamental to the success of the doctrine's judicial enforcement. This book will appeal to lawyers, political scientists, and students of law and political science who seek to understand how proportionality analysis is blossoming and, in some cases, flourishing in Asia.
Contents
Introduction: 1. Proportionality in Asia joining the global choir Po Jen Yap; Part I. Structured Proportionality: 2. More structure, more deference proportionality in Hong Kong Rehan Abeyratne; 3. Proportionality in Taiwan American-German fusion Chien-Chih Lin; 4. Proportionality in South Korea contextualizing the cosmopolitan rights grammar Yoon Jin Shin; Part II. Anemic / Ad Hoc Proportionality: 5. Proportionality doctrine in Malaysia: new dawn or 'Merely Obiter'? Benjamin Joshua Ong; 6. Judicial review of restrictions on constitutional rights in Japan highly ad hoc, contextualized, and deferential Shigenori Matsui; 7. Against the currents the indonesian constitutional court in an age of proportionality Stefanus Hendrianto; 8. Manifest disproportionality and the constitutional court of Thailand Narongdech Srukhosit: Part III. Doctrinal Equivalents of Proportionality: 9. Reasonableness as proportionality more intrusive scrutiny in civil-political matters than socioeconomic ones? Md. Rizwanul Islam; 10. Importing proportionality through legislation a Philippine experiment Bryan Dennis, Gabito Tiojanco, Ronald Ray and Katigbak San Juan; Conclusion: 11. Is there a doctrine of proportionality in Asia (or anywhere)? Mark Tushnet.
