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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction / Bernier, Ivan / Cairns, Alan / Smith, David C. -- Preface / Quinn, John -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Canadian Interests and Concerns -- National Ocean Policy in the Wake of UNCLOS III -- Basic Foreign Policy Issues After UNCLOS III -- Conclusion: Canada in the Age of Ocean Development and Management -- Notes

In non-Western cultures, religion is a primary motivation for political actions. Historically dismissed by Western policymakers as a divisive influence, religion may in fact have significant potential. Its incorporation as part of the solution to political problems is, the author argues, overdue

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Evolution of the Project -- Part I: The Economic Sector -- 1 The Convergence of Securities Laws in Asia: Case Studies of Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, and China -- 2 Parallel Importation of Wares and Reputation Spillover: Examples of Transnationalization of Law -- 3 Vietnam's Economic Law Transformation within the ASEAN Community -- Part II: The Civic Sector -- 4 Parliamentary Supremacy in Canada, Malaysia, and Singapore -- 5 Constitutional Change and Continuity in Thailand in the Aftermath of the 1991 Coup -- 6 The 1992 Vietnamese Constitution: Economic Reform, Political Continuity -- Part III: The Behavioural Sector -- 7 Legal Regulation of Mental Disorder: Looking East and West -- 8 Whores, Soiled Doves, or Working Women? Law, Society, and the Sex Trade in Australia, Canada, and Thailand -- Part IV: Cross-Sectoral Contexts -- 9 Environmental Law as "Sacred Text": Western Values and Southeast Asian Prospects -- 10 Indigenous Peoples and the Law: The Colonial Legacy in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States -- 11 Alternative Dispute Resolution in Thailand and Cambodia: Making Common Sense on (Un)Common Ground -- Conclusion: Reflections on the Convergence and Divergence of Legal Systems -- Contributors -- Index -- Introduction -- A -- C -- F -- G -- L -- P -- S -- T -- U -- Chapter 1: Convergence of Securities Laws in Asia -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- J -- L -- M -- P -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Chapter 2: Parallel Importation of Wares and Reputation Spillover -- A -- C -- D -- E -- G -- I -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- Chapter 3: Vietnam's Economic Law Transformation -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- I -- J -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Chapter 4: Parliamentary Supremacy in Canada, Malaysia, and Singapore -- C -- E -- J -- M -- P -- S.

Preliminary Material /Douglas M. Johnston -- 1 International Law in Action /Douglas M. Johnston -- 2 Images of International Law /Douglas M. Johnston -- 3 Primitive Order /Douglas M. Johnston -- 4 Universal Order in Classical Antiquity /Douglas M. Johnston -- 5 Universal Authority in Pre-modern History /Douglas M. Johnston -- 6 Shaping of the Modern World (1492-1645) /Douglas M. Johnston -- 7 Constructing the Imperial World-system (1618-1815) /Douglas M. Johnston -- 8 The Ruling of the Modern World (1815-1905) /Douglas M. Johnston -- 9 Contemporary World Order in Profile /Douglas M. Johnston -- Bibliography /Douglas M. Johnston -- Douglas M. Johnston List of Publications /Douglas M. Johnston -- Subject Index /Douglas M. Johnston -- Index of Names /Douglas M. Johnston.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Treaties and Treaty-like Instruments -- Introduction -- 1. The Resort to Interstate Commitment -- A. Ancestry of Agreement-Making -- B. Volume of Treaties and Other Negotiated Interstate Instruments -- C. Variety of Diplomatic Purposes -- 1. Functions of Diplomacy -- 2. Agreement-Making as a Function of Traditional Bilateral Diplomacy -- 3. Treaty-Making as a Function of Modem Associative Diplomacy -- 4. Negotiated Instruments as a Feature of State Administration -- 5. Negotiated Instruments as an Outcome of Personal and Summit Diplomacy -- 6. Official Commitments as a Strategy of World Order Development -- D. Patterns, Trends and Types -- E. Atypical Instruments -- 1. Atypical Parties -- 2. Atypical Purposes and Processes -- F. The Information Revolution and the Modern Dilemma -- 2. The Theoretical Premises: Needs, Taxonomies, and Functionalist Logic -- A. The Need for Treaty Classification -- B. The Case for Functional Re-Classification -- C. Taxonomies: Their Evolution and Roles -- D. Treaty Taxonomy: Rationale and Hypothesis -- E. The Functionalist Approach to International Law and Agreements -- F. Competing Frameworks -- 1. The Unitarian Framework -- 2. The Functionalist Framework -- G. Alternative Perspectives -- 1. The Traditional (Sub-Disciplinary) Perspective -- 2. The Neo-Traditional (Disciplinary) Perspective -- 3. The Post-Traditional (Cross-Disciplinary) Perspective -- H. The Quest for Realism and Equity -- 3. Framework for Analysis of Treaty Commitment and Behavior -- A. Competing Models of International Law -- 1. The Litigational Model -- 2. The Operational Model -- 3. The Societal Model -- B. The Impact of Functionalism -- 1. International Law as a "Field.