Legal Transplants in East Asia and Oceania

Explores the effects in theory and in practice of recent foreign inspired legal reforms in East Asia and Oceania.

List of contents

Introduction Vito Breda; 1. The legal transplants debate: getting beyond the impasse? Andrew Harding; 2. Transplant shock: the hazards of introducing statutes of general application Jennifer Corrin; 3. Bentham's theory of legal transplants and his influence in Japan Michihiro Kaino; 4. On the Hardingian renovation of legal transplants Benjamen Gussen; 5. The incomplete legal transplant - good faith and the common law Anthony Gray; 6. How long is too long to determine the success of a legal transplant? International doctrines and contract law in Oceania Jessica Viven-Wilksch; 7. Proportionality in Australian public law Hoong Phun Lee and Colin Campbell; 8. Legal transfer and 'hybrid' international commercial dispute resolution procedures: lessons from the Singapore International Commercial Court Drossos Stamboulakis; 9. The Independent Lawyers' Association of Myanmar as a legal transplant: local challenges to the idea of an Independent National Bar Association Jonathan Liljeblad; 10. Shark sanctuaries as vehicles for transplanting conservation tools in disparate legal jurisdictions Erika Techera; 11. Global norms; Local resistance: addressing impunity in Japan and beyond Sophia O'Brien; 12. Legal transplants, temporary migration projects and special rights Tiziana Torresi; 13. Conclusion Vito Breda.

Summary

Explores the effects in theory and in practice of recent foreign inspired legal reforms in East Asia and Oceania. It provides a unique overview of the variety of methodologies that are conducive to a successful legal transplant.

Product details

• Authors: Vito (University of Southern Queensland) Breda
• Assisted by: Vito Breda (Editor), Breda Vito (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781009001830
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0900183-0
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Europe, LAW / Jurisprudence, East Asia, Far East, comparative law, The Americas, Private or civil law: general, Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands, Oceania, Australasia, Oceania & other land areas, Constitutional & administrative law, Legal system: general, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Legal systems: general, Private / Civil law: general works