Description
This is a book for an extraordinary time, about a pandemic for which there is no modern precedent. It is an edited collection of original essays on Asia's legal and policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, which, in a matter of months, swept around the globe, infecting millions. It transformed daily life in almost every corner of the planet: lockdowns of cities and entire countries, physical distancing and quarantines, travel restrictions and border controls, movement-tracking technology, mandatory closures of all but essential services, economic devastation and mass unemployment, and government assistance programs on record-breaking scales. Yet a pandemic on this scale, under contemporary conditions of globalization, has left governments and their advisors scrambling to improvise solutions, often themselves unprecedented in modern times, such as the initial lockdown of Wuhan.This collection of essays analyzes law and policy responses across Asia, identifying cross-cutting themes and challenges. It taps the collective knowledge of an interdisciplinary team of sixty-one researchers both in the service of policy development, and with the goal of establishing a scholarly baseline for research after the storm has passed. The collection begins with an epidemiological overview and survey of the law and policy themes. The jurisdiction-specific case studies and cross-cutting thematic essays cover five topics: first wave containment measures; emergency powers; technology, science, and expertise; politics, religion, and governance; and economy, climate, and sustainability.Chapter 20: Cambodia: Public Health, Economic, and Political Dimensions by Ratana Ly, Vandanet Hing, & Kimsan Soy is available for free.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Background1. A Short History and Thematic Overview Victor V. Ramraj & Matthew LittlePart I: First Wave Containment Measures2. China: Community Policing, High-tech Surveillance, and Authoritarian Durability Feng Xu & Qian Liu3. Taiwan: Democracy, Technology and Civil Society Wen-Chen Chang & Chun-Yuan Lin4. Vietnam: Marshalling State and Non-State Actors Cuong Nguyen & Thanh Phan5. Spread of Information versus Spread of Virus: China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong Guoguang Wu6. Borders and Entry Controls in Asia Jaclyn L. Neo & Darius Lee7. Central Banks and their Limits in a Pandemic Christian HofmannPart II: Emergency Powers8. Governing through Contagion Lynette J. Chua & Jack Jin Gary Lee9. Pandemics and Emergency Powers in Asia Victor V. Ramraj & Arun K. Thiruvengadam10. Japan: Keeping the Death Toll to the Minimum Tomoya Ono & Shigenori Matsui11. Thailand: Emergency Responses or More Social Turbulence? Rawin Leelapatana & Chompunoot Tangthavorn12. India: Federalism, Majoritarian Nationalism, the Vulnerable and Marginalized Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay & Namitha GeorgePart III: Technology, Science & Expertise13. International Health Regulation and Compliance Susan Carolyn Breau & Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni14. Can Technology and Privacy Co-Exist in a Pandemic? Ze Shi Li, Visakha Phusamruat, Tony Clear, & Daniela Damian15. Singapore: Technocracy and Transition Maartje De Visser & Paulin Straughan16. South Korea: Democracy, Innovation, and Surveillance Sunghee Chung & Sujin Lee17. Hong Kong: The Healthcare Professions and the Outbreak Calvin W.L. Ho & Daisy CheungPart IV: Part IV: Politics, Religion & Governance18. Religion amid the Pandemic: A Buddhist Case Study Benjamin Schonthal & Tilak Jayatilake19. Bhutan: The Role of the Constitutional Monarch in a Public Health Crisis Sonam Tshering & Nima Dorji20. Cambodia: Public Health, Economic, and Political Dimensions Ratana Ly, Vandanet Hing, & Kimsan Soy (this chapter is available for free at http://fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/academic/pdf/law/RamrajCOVID19AsiaCH20.pdf)21. Indonesia's Response to the Pandemic: Too Little, Too Late? Nadirsyah Hosen and Nurussyariah Hammado22. Malaysia: Improvised Pandemic Policies and Democratic Regression Azmil Tayeb & Por Heong Hong23. Myanmar: Pandemic in a Time of Transition Kai Ostwald & Tun Myint24. Sri Lanka: Pandemic-Catalysed Democratic Backsliding Bhavani Fonseka, Luwie Ganeshathasan, & Asanga WelikalaPart V: Economy, Climate & Sustainability25. Governments and Business Tan Cheng Han & Jiangyu Wang26. Nationalism, Consolidation and Rationalization in the Aviation Industry Jae Woon Lee & Michelle Dy27. Asian Trade and Supply Chain Linkages Philip Calvert & Dan Ciuriak28. Mongolia: After Successful Containment, Challenges Remain Charles Krusekopf & Mendee Jargalsaikhan29. Reset or Revert in the New Climate Normal Navraj Singh Ghaleigh & Louise Burrows30. Southeast Asian Workers in a Just-in-Time Pandemic Helen Lansdowne & James Lawson
