| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, March 25, 2011 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk Centre For International Studies 1 Devonshire Place |
Bryant Garth’s lecture will focus on issues explored in his recent book Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire, co-authored with Yves Dezalay (University of Chicago Press, 2010). His lecture will analyse 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.Including fieldwork from over 350 interviews, Asian Legal Revivals illuminates the more recent past and present of these legally changing nations and explains the profession’s recent revival of influence, as spurred on by America geopolitical and legal interests.
Biography
Bryant Garth is Dean and Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School, and past Director of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The author or co-author of more than 16 books and 75 articles, his research focus is on the legal profession, dispute resolution, globalization and the rule of law. Drawing on this expertise, he has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development and major philanthropic foundations.
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