From Manners to Rules

Advocating for Legalism in South Korea and Japan

AvCeleste L. Arrington

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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From Manners to Rules traces the emergence of legalistic governance in South Korea and Japan. While these countries were previously known for governance characterized by bureaucratic discretion and vague laws, activists and lawyers are pushing for a more legalistic regulatory style. Legalism involves more formal, detailed, and enforceable rules and participatory policy processes. Previous studies have focused on top-down or structural explanations for legalism. From Manners to Rules instead documents bottom-up sources of institutional and social change, as activists and lawyers advocate for and use more formal rules and procedures. By comparing recent reforms in disability rights and tobacco control, the book uncovers the societal drivers behind legalism and the broader judicialization of politics in East Asia's main democracies. Drawing on 120 interviews and diverse sources, From Manners to Rules challenges the conventional wisdom that law and courts play marginal roles in Korean and Japanese politics and illuminates how legalistic governance is transforming citizens' options for political participation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-07
Mått:157 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt:815 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Antal sidor:438
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108496049

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Lag och samhälle inom Juridik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik
Komparativ rätt inom Juridik

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Celeste L. Arrington is Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University. She is the award-winning author of numerous articles and Accidental Activists: Victim Movements and Governmental Accountability in Japan and South Korea (Cornell, 2016) and the co-editor with Patricia Goedde of Rights Claiming in South Korea (Cambridge, 2021).

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'Celeste Arrington's extraordinary From Manners to Rules explores how grassroots and legal activists expanded disability rights and enhanced tobacco control laws in Japan and South Korea. The book upends understandings of East Asia's top-down administrative states, a must read for scholars of Japan, South Korea, and comparative legal studies.' Mary Alice Haddad, John E. Andrus Professor of Government, Wesleyan University

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. Legalistic regulatory style: indicators and explanations; Part I: 3. The history of disability rights activism in Korea and Japan; 4. Mobility rights and accessibility; 5. Disability discrimination legislation; Part II: 6. The history of tobacco control in Korea and Japan; 7. Liability and litigation challenging the tobacco industry; 8. Nonsmoking environments; 9. Conclusions; Methods Appendix.