Overview

This volume provides a unique overview of methodologies that are conducive to a successful legal transplant in East Asia and Oceania. Each chapter is drafted by a scholar who holds direct professional experience on the legal transplant considered and has a distinctive insight into the pragmatic difficulties related to grafting an alien institution into a legal tradition. The range of transplants includes the implementation of contractual obligations, the regulation of commercial investments and the protection of the environment. The majority of recent legal reforms in these geographical areas have aimed at improving national economic performance and fostering trade and have been directly inspired by European and North American institutional experiences. There is also, however, a tendency to couple economic reforms, aimed at attracting foreign investment, with constitutional reforms that improve the protection of individual rights, the environment and the rule of law.

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Author:   Vito Breda (University of Southern Queensland)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781009001830

ISBN 10:   1009001833
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   08 April 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table 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.

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'The range and depth of the analysis make the book a must-read for comparative law scholars and students all over the world.' Patricia Jeronimo, I-CONnect Blog (http://www.iconnectblog.com/)

Author Information

Vito Breda is the Research Leader of the International Comparative Research Group and Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Southern Queensland School of Law and Justice. Previously, he was a MacCormick Fellow at the Law School of the University of Edinburgh, Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Studies at the Australian National University and tenure holder at Cardiff Law School. He is a co-manager of the Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics Group, which has over 8,500 members worldwide. Vito is the sole author of Constitutional Law and Regionalism (2018) and also wrote The Objectivity of Judicial Decisions (2017). He was the co-editor with Lidka Rodack of Diverse Narratives of Legal Objectivity (2016).

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