Description:
"This article is written with four objectives: first, to introduce the
evolution of aspects of Burmese law dealing with particular family law
issues and their mode of function and operation since colonial times;
second, to trace the consequences and changes that were effected in the
structure of the Burmese judiciary as well as in aspects of legal thinking and
discourse as a result of the 1962 military takeover, in order to relate them to
some of the issues that arose in cases decided in the post-1962 era, and to
juxtapose and contrast them with other decisions on similar subjects; third,
to discern how the concepts of ?original texts,? ?interpretation,? ?ideology,?
and ?policy? appear intermingled in pre- and post-1962 Burmese case law;
and fourth, to illustrate that by analyzing these cases, a reasonable
conclusion can be made that legal, political, social and ideological issues
cannot always be delineated in the development of Burmese case law..."
Source/publisher:
COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF ASIAN LAW Vol. 14, pp. 153-212
Date of Publication:
2014-08-09
Date of entry:
2014-08-10
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Language:
English
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