Yuka KANEKO
CV
- LLB, Tokyo University
- LLM, Georgetown University
- LLD, Kyushu University
- EXIM Japan (currently Japan Bank for International Cooperation). 1988-97.
- Hiroshima University. Associate Professor, 1997-2004.
- Kobe University. Associate Professor, 2004-05. Professor, since 2005.
Research Topic
She studies law and social changes in the spheres of civil and commercial laws in Asia, with a combined method of comparative law and regional studies. She is particularly interested in the changes of positive law regime of developing countries under the pressure of "legal transplant" campaign led by the international development agencies, and has applied an empirical approach to identify the normative gap between thus imposed global model and the existing normative regime of local society. She has special concerns on the law and judicial reforms in Southeast Asian countries since the Asian Currency Crisis, including the Asian transition economies such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.
Major Publications
- Possibilities of Asian Law. Daigaku Kyoiku Shuppan, 1998. In Japanese.
- Asian Crisis and Financial Law Reform. Sinzansha, 2004. In Japanese.
- Theories and Realities of Asian Corporate Governance: From 'Transplantation' to the Asian Best Practices, Beijing Forum 2007, Beijing University Press, 2008.
- Building and Development of Asian Law. Daigaku Kyoiku Shuppan, 2010. In Japanese.
- A Procedural Approach to Judicial Reform in Asia: Implications from Japanese Involvement in Vietnam, Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 2010, 23:2, 315-358
- Accompanying Legal Transformation: Japanese Involvement in Legal and Judicial Reform, in Cordero, J. A. S. eds., Legal Culture and Legal Transplants, Vol. I & II, International Academy of Comparative Law, 2012
- Accompagner les transformations jurisdiques: l'implication japonaise dans les reformes legales et judicaire en Asie," Beatrice Jaluzot ed., Droit japonais, droit francais, Quel dialogue?, Schulthess, 2014, 275-288
- Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery, Routledge, 2016
- Civil Law Reforms in Post-Colonial Asia: Beyond Western Capitalism, Springer, 2019
- Land Law and Disputes in Asia: In Search for an Alternative Development, Routledge, 2021
- Build Back Better: Issues of Asian Disaster Recovery, Springer, 2021
- Insolvency Law Reforms in the ASEAN Emerging Economies: Consequences of the Donor Model Designed for Economic Crises, Springer, 2022
- Reallocation of Social Risks in a Pandemic: Changing Law and Contractual Relations of Asian SMEs under COVID-19, Springer, 2022
- Economic Law Reforms in the ASEAN Emerging Economies: A Review of Three Decades' Paths, Springer, 2023
- Recovery of Disaster Victims: Results of Joint Survey in East Japan, Aceh, Sichuan, and Tacloban, Springer, 2023
Message
Law is changing according to the needs of society. We investigate the normative choice behind such changes. Despite the pressure of contemporary "legal transplant" calling for a convergence to the global model for further "growth," Asia law can offer valuable clues for an alternative to the Western capitalism which is in a struggle for changes.