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

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.--

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Lev, Daniel S.
Other Authors / Creators:Lev, Arlene O.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.
Series:Critical dialogues in Southeast Asian studies.
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Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
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.