Overview
- Focuses uniquely on the legal reforms in late-developing countries in South East Asia
- Is a rare academic collaboration among scholars of Asian comparative law from Japan, Asian target countries, and Europe
- Contains both academic and practical implications for the betterment of the world practice of legal technical assistance
Part of the book series: Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research (KUMSSSR)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Outcomes of Contemporary Legal Reform Assistance
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on the legal systems of the late-developing countries of ASEAN (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, often referred to as the CLMV countries). These nations are apt to be placed in an economically disadvantageous situation within the opportunity of communalization of legal systems being advanced by the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) launched in 2015, and the book clarifies the dynamics of the changes within these legal systems. Concurrently, there is an intention to analyze the “legal system development support” that has continued to be provided to these countries since the mid-1990s via international development support from international organizations and developed countries including Japan. In particular, the emphasis has been on the area of civil law, where the main subject of Japan’s support has been centered on the civil code and civil procedure code.
The legal system of the recipient country is complicated by the crisscrossing ofthe remnants of previous eras, from the inherent laws that have existed since before colonization, the laws of the colonial powers that were introduced during the colonial era (French law in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam; English law in Myanmar), the influence of socialist law after independence from colonization, and the path of modern industrialization and development, such that one country's legal system is the combination of all of these influences.
For the reader to understand the dynamics of these changing laws, each chapter of the book combines two methodological perspectives. The first is to ascertain the spatial range as to how far the civil law extends across social phenomena. The second is a historical perspective in which the trends in legal changes will be understood on a time axis.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Yuka Kaneko
Professor, Law & Development Program, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University. Japan. LL.B. Tokyo University; LL.M., Georgetown University; LL.D. Kyushu University
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Civil Law Reforms in Post-Colonial Asia
Book Subtitle: Beyond Western Capitalism
Editors: Yuka Kaneko
Series Title: Kobe University Monograph Series in Social Science Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6203-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6202-6Published: 25 March 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6205-7Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6203-3Published: 13 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2524-504X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-5058
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 180
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Civil Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Asian Economics, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law