Bryant G. Garth, dean of Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles, will address the topic “Colonialism, the Cold War and the Rule of Law and Asia.” Dean Garth’s lecture will touch upon issues explored in his forthcoming book, Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire, coauthored with Yves Dzalay, (University of Chicago Press, 2010). He will analyze the varied colonial experiences of several South and Southeast Asian countries and address the increasing importance of the law and lawyers in the region. Tracing the transformation of the relationship between law and state in different colonial settings, Dean Garth will discuss how nationalist legal elites – in countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and South Korea – came to wield political power as agents in the move toward national independence.
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