An edited collection on ‘Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar’ will soon be published by Hart Publishing. This edited volume addresses the dynamics of the legal system of Myanmar/Burma in the context of the transition to democracy and a quasi-civilian government.
The edited volume includes the following chapters:
PART I: THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF MYANMAR
Chapter 1: Introduction: Myanmar, Law Reform and Asian Legal Studies
Melissa Crouch and Tim Lindsey
Chapter 2: A Short Research Guide to Myanmar’s Legal System
Melissa Crouch and Nick Cheesman
Chapter 3: The Layers of Legal Development in Myanmar
Melissa Crouch
PART II: THE COURTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Chapter 4: Is Burmese Law Buddhist? Transition and Tradition
Andrew Huxley
Chapter 5: Bodies on the Line in Burma’s Law Reports 1892-1922Nicholas Cheesman
Chapter 6: Understanding the Myanmar Supreme Court’s Docket: An Analysis of Case Topics from 2007 to 2011Dominic Nardi and Lwin Moe
PART III: CONSTITUTIONALISM
Chapter 7: What’s So Bad about Burma’s 2008 Constitution? A Guide for the Perplexed
David Williams
Chapter 8: The Common Law and Constitutional Writs: Prospects for Accountability in Myanmar
Melissa Crouch
Chapter 9: Constitution-making in Myanmar: Insights from World Experience
Anna Dziedzic and Cheryl Saunders
PART IV: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND BUSINESS REFORMS
Chapter 10: Legislative Foundations of Myanmar’s Economic Reforms
Sean Turnell
Chapter 11: Elections and the Reform Agenda
Michael Lidauer and Gilles Saphy
Chapter 12: A Principled Approach to Company Law Reform in Myanmar
Melinda Tun
Chapter 13: The Securities Exchange Law and Prospectus Regulation: Early Sketches of Equity Capital Market Law and Regulation in Myanmar
Tun Zaw Mra
PART V: LAW ENFORCEMENT, CONFLICT AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Chapter 14: Police Reform and the Civilisation of Security in Myanmar
Andrew Selth
Chapter 15: Legal Perspectives onIndustrial Disputes in Myanmar
Kyaw Soe Lwin
Chapter 16: War, Law and Politics: Reflections on Violence and the Kachin
Nicholas Farrelly
Chapter 17: Civilian Protection and the Politics of Humanitarian Action in Kachin State
Alistair Cook
PART VII: MYANMAR LAW IN REGIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Chapter 18: Unlike Any Land You Know About? Myanmar, Law Reform and the Indonesia Model
Tim Lindsey
Chapter 19: The Regional Context of Myanmar’s Democratic Reform: What Role for ASEAN’s Human Rights Institutions?
Catherine Renshaw
Chapter 20: Law and Development in its Burmese Moment: Legal Reforms in an Emerging Democracy
Andrew Harding
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