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 civil and commercial laws and their implementation in Asian region, in a combined method of the comparative law and the regional socio-economic studies. Although "legal institution" is one of the core concerns in the present international development study circle, professional researches are very much limited in this area and she deems herself as one of the advance guards in the frontier. She is particularly interested in the autonomous development of Asian law beyond simple "transplant" of Western or global models. Working very close to the legal cooperation activities from Japan, she has special concerns on civil and commercial law reforms in such transition economies as Vietnam, China and Laos, as well as financial law reforms in such leading ASEAN countries as Thailand and Indonesia.
Major Publications
- Possibilities of Asian Law. Daigaku Kyoiku Shuppan, 1998. In Japanese.
- Asian Crisis and Financial Law Reform. Sinzansha, 2004. In Japanese.
- Building and Development of Asian Law. Daigaku Kyoiku Shuppan, 2010. In Japanese.
- Catalytic Role Judiciary in the Legal Development in Asia, Kokusai Kyoryoku Ronshu 15.2, 2007.
- Theories and Realities of Asian Corporate Governance: From 'Transplantation' to the Asian Best Practices," Beijing Forum 2007, Beijing University, Press 2008.
- A Review of Model Law in the Context of Financial Crisis: Implications for Procedural Legitimacy and Substantial Fairness of Soft Laws, Kokusai Kyoryoku Ronshu 18.3, 2010.
- Japanese Legal Assistance in Asia - Accompanying Legal Transformation, national paper at the International Congress of Comparative Law 2010, Washington, D.C..
- An Asian Perspective on Law and Development, "Northwestern University Law Review E-Journal (http://colloquy.law.northwestern.edu/).
Message
Law is always changing according to the needs of society. The question is what the normative choice behind such changes. Although public laws in Asia have been criticized as authoritarianism, private laws in Asia can offer many valuable clues for the normative modification of Western capitalism which seems in a struggle for changes.