Prof Fu Hualing, member of CCPL Board of Management and CCPL Fellow, co-edited a book “Authoritarian Legality in Asia Formation, Development and Transition” (CUP, 2020).

Prof Fu Hualing, member of CCPL Board of Management and CCPL Fellow, co-edited a book “Authoritarian Legality in Asia Formation, Development and Transition” (CUP, 2020). A cluster of Asian states are well-known for their authoritarian legality while having been able to achieve remarkable economic growth. Why would an authoritarian regime seek or tolerate a significant degree of legality and how has such type of legality been made possible in Asia? Would a transition towards a liberal, democratic system eventually take place and, if so, what kind of post-transition struggles are likely to be experienced? This book compares the past and current experiences of China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam and offers a comparative framework for readers to conduct a theoretical dialogue with the orthodox conception of liberal democracy and the rule of law.

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