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Author:   Hualing Fu (The University of Hong Kong) ,  John Gillespie (Monash University, Victoria)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9781107066823

ISBN 10:   1107066824
Pages:   458
Publication Date:   03 July 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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1. Resolving land disputes in East Asia: exploring the limits of law John Gillespie and Hualing Fu; Part I. Theorizing Land Disputes in Socialist Asia: 2. Property rights, commodification, and land disputes in contemporary Socialist Asia Frank Upham; Part II. China Case Studies: 3. Legal and institutional analysis of land expropriation in China Lei Chan; 4. The judicial role in land-taking cases Jie Cheng; 5. Contending conceptions of ownership and property in urbanizing China Eva Pils; 6. What does Wukan offer? Land-taking, law, and dispute resolution Hualing Fu; 7. Protest-supported housing demolition litigation and social change in China Xin He; 8. Courts and political stability: mediating rural land disputes Hau Shao and Susan Whiting; 9. Power and rule by law in rural China: state-initiated mediation in land disputes Changdon Zhang and Christopher Heurlin; Part III. Vietnam Case Studies: 10. An historical overview of Vietnamese land law and dispute resolution Toan Le and Nguyen Hung Quang; 11. Narrating law disputes in three Vietnamese communities John Gillespie; Part IV. Taiwan Case Studies: 12. An overview of Taiwanese land law and dispute resolution Po-Fang Tsai and Duan Lin; 13. Customary law and modern society: land disputes of Jisigongye (ancestral worship property) in Taiwan Duan Lin and Po-Fang Tsai; Part V. Hong Kong Case Studies: 14. An overview of Hong Kong land law and dispute resolution Say H. Goo; 15. The small house policy and Tso and Tong land: finding the interface between State and customary land in Hong Kong Say H. Goo; 16. Flexibly applying the law to regulate illegal buildings in Hong Kong Alice Lee.

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Hualing Fu is a Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, where his research interests include public law, human rights and legal institutions in China. John Gillespie is a Professor of Law and Director of the Asia Pacific Business Regulation Group at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He specialises in law and development, regulatory theory and socialist-transforming Asia.

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