No concessions : the life of Yap Thiam Hien, Indonesian human rights lawyer /

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A biography of human rights lawyer Yap Thiam Hien (1913-1989) that focuses on the country's contemporary political turmoil and struggle for human rights, the workings of Indonesia's legal system, and the history of the Chinese community there.--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lev, Daniel S.
Other Authors: Lev, Arlene O. (Arlene Offenhender)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.
Series:Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies.
Subjects:
Yap, Thiam Hien, > 1913-1989.
Yap, Thiam Hien, > 1913-1989
1900-1999
Lawyers > Indonesia > Biography.
Chinese > Indonesia > Biography.
Human rights > Indonesia.
Chinois > Indonésie > Biographies.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Indonésie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
LAW > Legal History.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Chinese
Human rights
Lawyers
Politics and government
Indonesia > Politics and government > 20th century.
Indonésie > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Indonesia
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Aceh
  • Java
  • Batavia
  • From Sukabumi to Leiden
  • Jakarta
  • Hazardous waters
  • At sea in peranakan politics
  • The Baperki wars
  • Out of the ethnic cage
  • Into New Order Indonesia
  • Early New Order battlefields
  • Reform frontiers
  • Law as politics : a sidetrip to detention
  • Epilogue : a steady course / Arlene O. Lev
  • Postscript : New Order landmark cases / Sebastiaan Pompe and Ibrahim Assegaf
  • Appendix : defense summation in Asep Suryaman trial / Yap Thiam Hien.

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