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This book explores the tension in East Asia between, on the one hand, the trend towards a convergence of legal practices in the direction of a universal model, and, on the other hand, a reassertion of local cultural practices, including those which define different group identities, and which give substance to different ideas about what constitutes justice. The trend towards convergence arises in part from globalisation, from rule of law programs promulgated by institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank, who are keen to ensure a reasonable level of...

Focuses on Los Angeles as a critical 'world city' in the developing global economy and also as the center of new Asian immigration. This work includes discussions of the settlement patterns of various groups of Asians in relation to the social, economic, and political developments in Asia and the United States.