Reforming Justice: A Journey to Fairness in Asia

ISBN-13: 9781107013827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 382 str.

Livingston Armytage

Opis

Despite the disappointing results of fifty years of judicial reform, evidence from Asia suggests that a shift in justice reform efforts could result in important progress being made. Livingston Armytage argues that reform should focus on promoting fairness and equity, as opposed to economic growth and good governance. Justice is constitutive to human wellbeing and cannot be trumped by economics. Finding a balance between utility and aggregate wellbeing on the one hand and equity and individual wellbeing on the other is at the crux of this important book.

Recenzje

'A valuable read for anyone who is interested in social justice as an indelible part of human rights law.' Carolina Saez, Law Society Journal

Spis treści

1. Introduction; Part I. Judicial Reform Enterprise: 2. History and context; 3. Nature of reforms and critique; 4. Theories of reform; 5. Empirical evidence; Part II. Evaluation: 6. Development evaluation; 7. Evaluating judicial reform; Part III. Case Studies of the Asian Reform Experience: 8. ADB's judicial reform experience in Asia: 1990–2007; 9. AUSAID'S program in Papua New Guinea: 2003–7; 10. Voices of the Asian Pacific experience; 11. Conclusions; Annex A. Frameworks of measurement; Annex B. Empirical methodology and justification; Annex C. AUSAID inventory of documents; Annex D. Sample extracts of PNG newspapers: 2003–4.