<p>This collection of essays focuses on law and the diaspora Chinese. They show us a variety of answers to such questions as: what are the laws of China outside China; what are the laws of the Chinese in Southeast Asia; what were/are the laws for the Chinese in Southeast Asia; and is there a "Confuc
Law and the Chinese in Southeast Asia
β Scribed by M.Barry Hooker (editor)
- Publisher
- ISEAS Publishing
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 226
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This collection of essays focuses on law and the diaspora Chinese. They show us a variety of answers to such questions as: what are the laws of China outside China? What are the laws of the Chinese in Southeast Asia? And is there a ""Confucian Chinese""?
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
The Contributors
1. Law and the Chinese Outside China: A Preliminary Survey of the Issues and the Literature β’ M. B. Hooker
2. The Legal Position of the Ethnic Chinese in Indochina under French Rule β’ Melissa Cheung
3. Law and Memory, De Jure to De Facto: Confucianization and its Implications for Family and Property in Vietnam β’ Esta Ungar
4. English Law and the Invention of Chinese Personal Law in Singapore and Malaysia β’ M. B. Hooker
5. The Indonesian Chinese: βForeign Orientalsβ, Netherlands Subjects, and Indonesian Citizens β’ Charles A. Coppel
6. Chinese Family Firms in Indonesia and the Question of βConfucian Corporatismβ β’ Daniel Fitzpatrick
7. Chinaβs Citizenship Law and the Chinese in Southeast Asia β’ Leo Suryadinata
Index
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