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Rule Of Law With Chinese Characteristics: An Empirical Cultural Perspective On China, Hong Kong And Singapore, Jeffrey E. Thomas
Rule Of Law With Chinese Characteristics: An Empirical Cultural Perspective On China, Hong Kong And Singapore, Jeffrey E. Thomas
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This article uses empirical data to analyse the meaning of rule of law with Chinese characteristics. It compares rule of law data on China, Hong Kong and Singapore from the World Justice Project and finds patterns of more limited protection of individual rights and fewer limits on governmental powers. It then uses Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions to consider whether those patterns are related to common cultural characteristics. It finds low scores on the cultural value of individualism in those three jurisdictions are correlated with lower protection for individual rights, and that high scores on Hofstede’s Power Distribution Index are inversely …
Cultural Imaginary, The Rule Of Law, And (Post-) Colonialism In Indonesia: Perspectives From Pramoedya Ananta Toer's This Earth Of Mankind, Jeffrey E. Thomas
Cultural Imaginary, The Rule Of Law, And (Post-) Colonialism In Indonesia: Perspectives From Pramoedya Ananta Toer's This Earth Of Mankind, Jeffrey E. Thomas
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This article focuses on culture and rule of law in Indonesia, which provides an excellent case study in colonialism and post-colonialism. The colonial heritage of Indonesia goes back to the early 1500’s until independence was declared in August 1945. This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer is an appropriate text because it concerns the struggle of a Native Indonesian with various colonial institutions at the turn of the 19th Century through the eyes of an author who lived through colonial rule, Japanese occupation, and liberation. This article begins with a framework for analysis of the cultural imaginary based on …