Through a focus on Singapore, this book presents an analysis of authoritarian legalism, showing how prosperity, public discourse, and a rigorous observance of l

Provides an intra-Asia comparative perspective of authoritarian legality, with a focus on formation, development, transition and post-transition stages.

Scholars have generally assumed that courts in authoritarian states are pawns of their regimes, upholding the interests of governing elites and frustrating the

A striking new analysis of Myanmar's court system, revealing how the rule of law is 'lexically present but semantically absent'.

In countries around the world, from the United States to the Philippines to Chile, police forces are at the center of social unrest and debates about democracy