An edited collection on 'Law, Society and Transition in Myanmar' will soon be published by Hart Publishing. This edited volume addresses the dynamics
of the legal system of Myanmar/Burma in the context of the transition to
democracy and a quasi-civilian government.
The
edited volume includes the following chapters:
PART I: THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF MYANMAR
Chapter
1: Introduction:
Myanmar, Law Reform and Asian Legal Studies
Melissa
Crouch and Tim Lindsey
Chapter
2: A Short
Research Guide to Myanmar's Legal System
Melissa
Crouch and Nick Cheesman
Chapter
3: The
Layers of Legal Development in Myanmar
Melissa
Crouch
PART II: THE COURTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Chapter
4: Is
Burmese Law Buddhist? Transition and Tradition
Andrew
Huxley
Chapter
5: Bodies on
the Line in Burma’s Law Reports 1892-1922
Nicholas
Cheesman
Chapter
6: Understanding
the Myanmar Supreme Court's Docket: An Analysis of Case Topics from 2007 to
2011
Dominic
Nardi and Lwin Moe
PART III: CONSTITUTIONALISM
Chapter
7: What’s So
Bad about Burma’s 2008 Constitution? A Guide for the Perplexed
David
Williams
Chapter
8: The
Common Law and Constitutional Writs: Prospects for Accountability in Myanmar
Melissa
Crouch
Chapter
9: Constitution-making
in Myanmar: Insights from World Experience
Anna
Dziedzic and Cheryl Saunders
PART IV: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND BUSINESS REFORMS
Chapter
10: Legislative
Foundations of Myanmar’s Economic Reforms
Sean
Turnell
Chapter 11: Elections and the Reform Agenda
Michael
Lidauer and Gilles Saphy
Chapter
12: A
Principled Approach to Company Law Reform in Myanmar
Melinda
Tun
Chapter
13: The
Securities Exchange Law and Prospectus Regulation: Early Sketches of Equity
Capital Market Law and Regulation in Myanmar
Tun Zaw
Mra
PART V: LAW ENFORCEMENT, CONFLICT AND DISPUTE
RESOLUTION
Chapter
14: Police
Reform and the Civilisation of Security in Myanmar
Andrew Selth
Chapter
15: Legal
Perspectives on Industrial
Disputes in Myanmar
Kyaw Soe
Lwin
Chapter
16: War, Law
and Politics: Reflections on Violence and the Kachin
Nicholas
Farrelly
Chapter
17: Civilian
Protection and the Politics of Humanitarian Action in Kachin State
Alistair
Cook
PART VII: MYANMAR LAW IN REGIONAL AND COMPARATIVE
PERSPECTIVE
Chapter
18: Unlike
Any Land You Know About? Myanmar, Law Reform and the Indonesia Model
Tim
Lindsey
Chapter
19: The
Regional Context of Myanmar’s Democratic Reform: What Role for ASEAN’s Human
Rights Institutions?
Catherine
Renshaw
Chapter
20: Law and
Development in its Burmese Moment: Legal Reforms in an Emerging Democracy
Andrew
Harding
