East Asia’s Renewed Respect for the Rule of Law in the 21st Century

Setsuo Miyazawa, Ph.D. (1986), Yale University, is Professor of law at UC Hastings Law School in the U.S. and Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan. Weidong Ji,Ph.D. (1993), Kyoto University, is Professor of Law at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Honorary Professor in Kobe University in Japan. Hiroshi Fukurai, Ph.D. (1985), UC Riverside, is Professor of Sociology & Legal Studies at UC Santa Cruz and has more than 100 publications, including 4 books, law reviews, chapters and ed-op pieces.Kay-Wah Chan, Ph.D, (2003), Macquarie University, is Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University. His recent article includes "Setting the limits: who controls the size of the legal profession in Japan?" in International Journal of the Legal Profession (2012). Matthias Vanhullebusch, Ph.D (2011) in Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London), is Assistant Professor and Executive Director of the Asian Law Center at the KoGuan Law School of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

This collection of articles provides an impressive one-stop shop for readers who want a landscape portrait of law in East Asia in the early twenty-first century. The breadth of coverage makes the task of a reviewer difficult, as each contribution stands on its own as a piece of scholarship about a particular topic in a particular place. Nevertheless, read together, the articles do achieve a sense of unity as a compendium of themes and trends in the region’s legal systems. Dan Rosen, Asian Journal of Law and Society 3,2 (2016)

• Foreword: Asia’s Changing Legal and Judicial Landscape Tom GinsburgList of Contributors List of Figures and Tables Introduction Setsuo Miyazawa, Weidong Ji, Hiroshi Fukurai, Kay-Wah Chan and Matthias Vanhullebuschpart 1 Emerging Judicial Stratifications in Legal ProfessionThe Development and Prospect of Legal Aid in China’s Criminal Trial Weimin ZuoStratification or Diversification? 2011 Survey of Young Lawyers in Japan Setsuo Miyazawa, Atsushi Bushimata, Keiichi Ageishi, Akira Fujimoto, Rikiya Kuboyama and Kyoko Ishidapart 2 War Crimes and Their Legacies in the Post-Colonial EraJustice Delayed: Post-Colonial Hauntings in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Hybrid Court System Yvonne Y. Kwan“Post-Colonial” Legal Interpretation in Macau, China: Between European and Chinese Influences Denis de Castro HalisThe Right to Truth and the Legacies of World War II: A Way Forward for China? Matthias Vanhullebuschpart 3 Citizens’ Participation in the Justice SystemChina’s Lay Participation in the Justice System: Surveys and Interviews of Contemporary Lay Judges in Chinese Courts Zhuoyu Wang and Hiroshi FukuraiWhat’s Happening in the Jury Room? Analyzing Shadow Jury Deliberation in Korea Jae-Hyup Lee, Jisuk Woo, June Woong Rhee, Jeong Min Choi and Hyunki ShinOutlook and Contents of the “Civil Tribunal System” as Proposed by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) Harumi Takebepart 4 Gender and LawChanges in Gender Composition and the Future of Gender Balance in the Legal Professions in Korea Haesook KimGender, Law and Legal Professions in China Xiaonan Liupart 5 Environmental Justice and Legal CultureChina’s Past, Present and Future Approach to Climate Change Patricia Blazey and Xiangbai HeThailand’s Climate Policy and Law in the Making: Can the Tradition of Thai Civil Law Cope with Climate Governance? Kridtiyaporn WongsaLegal Instrumentalism in China: The Case of Hukou Legislation in Beijing and Shenzhen Qiqi Fu and Paola PasqualiInvisible People, Pollution, and Places: Nuclear Contamination on the Tibetan Plateau, Himalayan Rivers, and Water Users Abigail BrownBibliography Author Index Subject Index