This article draws on survey results to provide a preliminary empirical benchmark of the impact in the Asia-Pacific Region of strict-liability product liability law reforms, implemented in many jurisdictions since the 1990s based often on the 1985 European Commission Directive. It identifies...

As Japan emerges from a lost decade of economic stagnation, attention is also focusing on its corporate governance system. Shareholders are gaining ground vis--vis other stakeholders. This is also evident in a plethora of legislative reforms culminating in the consolidated Company Law of 2005,...

As Japan emerges from a lost decade of economic stagnation, attention is also focusing on its corporate governance system. Shareholders are gaining ground vis-à-vis other stakeholders. This is also evident in a plethora of legislative reforms culminating in the consolidated Company Law of 2005,...