Open AccessEast Asian Law-making in the Time of Covid-19: Through the Lens of Chinese Legalism
Author(s) -
Ying-Syuan Huang,
Brian Hioe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the british association for chinese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2048-0601
DOI - 10.51661/bjocs.v10i0.123
Subject(s) - legalism (western philosophy) , east asia , corporate governance , state (computer science) , political science , covid-19 , china , law , pandemic , lens (geology) , sociology , law and economics , politics , economics , management , medicine , engineering , disease , algorithm , pathology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , petroleum engineering
The authors answer the question why law played a key role in shaping East Asian responses to Covid-19. The paper elucidates the collaborative state-society relationships in Taiwan through the lens of Chinese Legalism. They argue that the Legalist legacy of conceptualising law has played an important role in shaping East Asian styles of governance and policy implications for common good and that understanding Chinese Legalism allows for critical and differentiated analyses of state control as it is present in the current pandemic.