Law and legal institutions of Asia : traditions, adaptations and innovations / edited by E. Ann Black and Gary F. Bell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

China : legal reform in an emerging socialist market economy / Jiangyu Wang -- Hong Kong : maintaining a common law legal system in a non-Western culture / Benny Y.T. Tai -- Taiwan : external influences mixed with traditional elements to form its unique legal system / Chang-fa Lo -- Japan : the importance and evolution of legal institutions at the turn of the century / Kent Anderson and Trevor Ryan -- Korea : bridging the gap between Korean substance and Western form / Youngjoon Kwon -- Vietnam : the past 25 years, the present and the future / Dang Xuan Hop -- Malaysia : the undermining of its fundamental institutions and the prospects for reform / Tsun Hang Tey -- Indonesia : the challenges of legal diversity and law reform / Gary F. Bell -- Brunei Darussalam : ideology and law in a Malay sultanate / E. Ann Black -- Singapore : a strategist legal laboratory / Kevin Y.L. Tan -- Philippines : native culture, transplanted institutions and women's rights / Elizabeth Aguiling-Pangalangan.

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 {u2013} 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.