Transforming the Hong Kong Legal Machine (eBook)

Gender and Familial Law in Jurisprudence

Man-Chung Chiu (Autor)

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2022 | 1st ed. 2022
XXIII, 181 Seiten
Springer Nature Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-19-1272-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines the law in relation to how it has responded to sexual and gender issues in the context of Hong Kong, and addresses the implications of those responses for the global context. It aims to develop a localized theory of justice which enables the analysis of multiple socio-legal issues arising in Hong Kong, a predominantly Han-Chinese society in Greater China, while also offering formulations for  corresponding solutions. Unlike other books on Hong Kong jurisprudence and socio-legal studies, this book not only compares and contrasts different theories of justice, but also attempts to generate a philosophical perspective which can synchronize and re-organize a range of theoretical components via the lens of localization. The author investigates theories of justice developed, respectively, by Rawls, Deleuze, Lacan, Žižek and from the perspective of Mahayana Buddhism, as well as (Orthodox) Han-Chinese Confucianism and Daoism. The book applies these theoretical perspectives in analyzing different socio-legal issues in post-97 Hong Kong, including transgender rights to marriage, domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse and race. The book concludes by proposing singular possible strategies, which include Degenderization, Desexualization, De-ageing, by which justice(s) can hopefully be re-manufactured and challenged. This book is relevant to researchers and students of law, philosophy, sociology, gender studies and cultural studies. 

Chiu Man-Chung is currently Tony Yen Professor of Law at Beijing Normal University and Distinguished Professor of Law at Hangzhou Normal University. He is also currently a member of the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission.

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This book examines the law in relation to how it has responded to sexual and gender issues in the context of Hong Kong, and addresses the implications of those responses for the global context. It aims to develop a localized theory of justice which enables the analysis of multiple socio-legal issues arising in Hong Kong, a predominantly Han-Chinese society in Greater China, while also offering formulations for  corresponding solutions. Unlike other books on Hong Kong jurisprudence and socio-legal studies, this book not only compares and contrasts different theories of justice, but also attempts to generate a philosophical perspective which can synchronize and re-organize a range of theoretical components via the lens of localization. The author investigates theories of justice developed, respectively, by Rawls, Deleuze, Lacan, Zizek and from the perspective of Mahayana Buddhism, as well as (Orthodox) Han-Chinese Confucianism and Daoism. The book applies these theoretical perspectives in analyzing different socio-legal issues in post-97 Hong Kong, including transgender rights to marriage, domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse and race. The book concludes by proposing singular possible strategies, which include Degenderization, Desexualization, De-ageing, by which justice(s) can hopefully be re-manufactured and challenged. This book is relevant to researchers and students of law, philosophy, sociology, gender studies and cultural studies. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.8.2022
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 181 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Anti-Domestic Violence Law • child sexual abuse • Family Law • Hong Kong Jurisprudence • Hong Kong Legal Machine • Indigenous Legal Theory of Sexual Justice in Hong Kong • law and gender • Re-Engineering the Children-Adult / Parents Machine • Sexual Discrimination in Hong Kong • Sexual Justice in Hong Kong • Theories of Justice • Theory of Justice in Han-Chinese Culture
• ISBN-10: 981-19-1272-6 / 9811912726
• ISBN-13: 978-981-19-1272-6 / 9789811912726