Law and Legal Institutions of Asia

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: bridging the gap between Korean substance and western form Youngjoon Kwon; 6. The Vietnamese legal system: the last twenty years, the present and the future Dang Xuan Hop; 7. Malaysia: undermining its fundamental institutions and prospects for reform Tsun Hang Tey; 8. Indonesia: the challenges of legal diversity and law reform Gary F. Bell; 9. Brunei Darussalam: ideology and law in a Malay sultanate Ann Black; 10. Singapore: a statist legal laboratory Kevin Y. L. Tan; 11. The Republic of the Philippines: native culture and transplanted institutions that advance or hinder women's rights Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan; Index.