The Mindanao conflict in Southern Philippines is a long-standing controversy that has eluded comprehensive solutions. Despite efforts of the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the representatives from the peoples of Mindanao in undertaking peace initiatives, “the war:” continues. The...

[Part I] This comprehensive work brings together rigorous scholarship on the events of 9-11-2001, and assesses whether the truth has been told by the U.S. government. The volume can be seen as a definitive explanation of 9-11 as a world-changing event. The lead chapter demonstrates that eleven...

[Part I] This comprehensive work brings together rigorous scholarship on the events of 9-11-2001, and assesses whether the truth has been told by the U.S. government. The volume can be seen as a definitive explanation of 9-11 as a world-changing event. The lead chapter demonstrates that eleven...

This paper presents findings from a content analysis of all 460 Dear Lawyer Bao (DLB) legal advice columns ever published in its ten-year history (1989-98) in the Beijing Evening News. While much sociolegal research has focused on the exercise of power in the legal process through the control of...

Legal systems throughout East Asia are in the midst of rapid and potentially fundamental change, across a range of legal fields. This paper, prepared for a conference on the potential effects of 9/11 on legal and social change in East Asia, examines East Asian legal reforms in the areas of...

Despite the opening of the market and partly privatisation of state-owned companies in China, the state still represents the controlling shareholder in larger companies. By analysing the weaknesses of Chinese corporate governance we illustrate the framework for harmful corruption. China is...

The Long Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) was one of the most aggressive lenders to real estate developers during the 1990s. Its financing activities covered the Pacific, including Australia, Vietnam, Saipan and Hawaii, as well as parts of the continental United States. Once one of Japan's three...

Through analysis of two recent cases, one Israeli and one British this paper advances a deliberative paradigm with which to understand emerging global, meta-constitutional norms, such as prohibition against torture, enforced through transitional adjudication. More specifically, this paper...

This paper examines the performance of real estate stocks listed in seven developing markets in East Asia between 1992 and 2002. Using panel regressions, the goal is to identify determinants of the risk-adjusted returns of real estate securities traded in these markets. The empirical evidence...