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The central issue in this book is the interaction between indigenous law and received law. The issue is addressed by means of a comparative description of six Asian countries with different religious and philosophical traditions.
The national reports cover Sunni-Islamic Egypt, Shiah-Islamic Iran, Hindu India, multi-religious Sri Lanka, Buddhist Thailand and Shintoistic Japan. The introduction suggests two working hypotheses for accurate observation and analysis of the total structure of law of a non-Western country. The various national reports are of high value and disclose complicated processes of assimilation and conflict between Asian indigenous law and received Western law.
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| Binding: hardback
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| Pages: 429
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| ISBN: 710301138
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| Subject:
law, Asian society,
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