Examining administrative law throughout Asia, this book explores the profound changes in many legal regimes that have occurred. It shows how many states have shifted towards a more market-oriented regulatory state model, involving a greater role for judges and law-like processes, and explores the profound implications of this for policy-making.

They demonstrate that, in many cases, Asian states have shifted away from traditional systems in which judges were limited in terms of their influence over social and economic policy, towards regulatory models of the state involving a greater role for judges and law-like processes. The book also considers whether judiciaries are capable of performing the tasks they are being given, and assesses the profound consequences the judicialization of governance is starting to have on state policy-making in Asia.

Preface Albert Chen and Tom Ginsburg
1. The Judicialization of Administrative Governance: Causes, Consequences and Limits Tom Ginsburg
Part I. General Perspectives
2. On the Macroeconomics of Judicialization: The Promise and Perils of Exploring 'Judicialization' in East and Southeast Asia Michael W. Dowdle
3. Agencification, Regulation and Judicialization: American Exceptionalism and Other Ways of Life Colin Scott
4. Riding the Accountability Wave? Accountability Communities and New Modes of Governance Kanishka Jayasuriya
Part II. Northeast Asia &
Greater China
5. Administrative Law and Judicialized Governance in Japan Hitoshi Ushijima
6. Judicialization, Government Reform, and the Development of Public Law in the Republic of Korea Jongcheol Kim
7. Democracy-driven Transformation to Regulatory State: The Case of Taiwan Jiunn-rong Yeh
8. Administrative Law, Politics and Governance: The Hong Kong Experience Johannes Chan
9. More Law, Less Courts: Legalized Governance, Judicialization and Dejudicialization in China Randall Peerenboom
Part III. Southeast Asia
10. Changing Understandings of Administrative Law in Vietnam John Gillespie
11. The Emergence of Administrative Justice in Thailand under the 1997 Constitution Peter Leyland
12. Administrative Law and Judicialized Governance in Malaysia: The Indian Connection Gan Ching Chuan
13. The Judicialization of Governance? The Case of Singapore Jolene Lin
14. "Government by Judiciary" in the Philippines: Ideological and Doctrinal Framework Raul C. Pangalangan
15. Administrative Law and Judicial Review in Indonesia: The Search for Accountability Stewart Fenwick
16. Conclusion: Reflections on Administrative Law and Judicialized Governance in East and Southeast Asia Albert Chen