Gross National Happiness and the Heavenly Stream of Justice: Modernization and Dispute Resolution in the Kingdom of Bhutan
Journal Article
Simoni, A., & Whitecross, R. W. (2007)
Gross National Happiness and the Heavenly Stream of Justice: Modernization and Dispute Resolution in the Kingdom of Bhutan. American Journal of Comparative Law, 55(1), 165-195. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/55.1.165
The authors, reflecting on the paradigm of globalization, provide a case study that focuses on the modernization of the Bhutanese legal system. Historically isolated and never...
"Virtuous Beings"; The concept of tha damtshig and being a moral person in contemporary Bhutanese society
Journal Article
Whitecross, R. W. (2010)
"Virtuous Beings"; The concept of tha damtshig and being a moral person in contemporary Bhutanese society. Himalaya, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 28, 71-82
This paper sets out a preliminary investigation of tha damtshig. In particular, it examines the concept of tha damtshig, and its role in the creation of a sense of moral ident...