Contents:
1. An empirical overview of rights performance in Asia, France, and the USA: The dominance of wealth in the interplay of economics, culture, law, and governance
2. The protection of human rights in France: A comparative perspective
3. Uncovering rights in the USA: Gauging the gap between the Bill of Rights and human rights
4. The protection of "fundamental human rights" in Japan
5. Taking rights seriously? Human rights law in Singapore
6. Human rights in Malaysia
7. From British colony to special administrative region of China: Embracing human rights in Hong Kong
8. Human rights in Korea
9. The implementation of human rights law in Taiwan
10. Human rights in the era of "Thailand Inc."
11. The Philippines: The persistence of rights discourse vis-a-vis substantive social claims
12. Human rights in Indonesia
13. Protection of human rights and protection of human rightlessness in India
14. Human rights in China
15. Evolving concepts of human rights in Vietnam
16. Conclusion: comparative reflections on human rights in Asia