La and Legal Institutions of Asia Traditions, Adaptations and Innovations [Hardcover]

The study of Asia and its plural legal systems, assessing eleven key jurisdictions in Asia.The study of Asia and its plural legal systems is of increasing significance for lawyers both within and outside Asia. Written by academics and practitioners of relevant jurisdictional expertise, Law and Legal Institutions of Asia is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of eleven key jurisdictions in Asia.The study of Asia and its plural legal systems is of increasing significance for lawyers both within and outside Asia. Written by academics and practitioners of relevant jurisdictional expertise, Law and Legal Institutions of Asia is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of eleven key jurisdictions in Asia.The study of Asia and its plural legal systems is of increasing significance, both within and outside Asia. Lawyers, whether in Australia, America or Europe, or working within an Asian jurisdiction, require a sound knowledge of how the law operates across this fast-growing and diverse region. Law and Legal Institutions of Asia is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of eleven key jurisdictions in Asia - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore and the Philippines. Written by academics and practitioners with particular expertise in their state or territory, each chapter uses a breakthrough approach, facilitating cross-jurisdictional comparisons and giving essential insights into how law functions in different ways across the region and in each of the individual jurisdictions.Introduction; 1. China: legal reform in an emerging socialist market economy JiangYu Wang; 2. Taiwan: external influences mixed with traditional elements to form its unique legal system Chang-fa Lo; 3. Hong Kong: maintaining a common law legal system in a non-western culture Benny Y. T. Tai; 4. Japan: the importance and evolution of legal institutions at the turn of the century Kent Anderson; 5. Korea: bridlÓg