TY - BOOK AU - Haley,John Owen AU - Takenaka,Toshiko ED - University of Washington. TI - Legal innovations in Asia: judicial lawmaking and the influence of comparative law T2 - Studies in comparative law and legal culture SN - 9781783472789 PY - 2014///] CY - Cheltenham, UK PB - Edward Elgar KW - University of Washington KW - Asian Law Center KW - Law KW - East Asia KW - Asia KW - History KW - Judge-made law KW - Comparative law N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: Asian Law Center: The first half century --; The first decades, 1961-2000; John O. Haley --; Navigating law's'Asian Century'; Veronica L. Taylor --; The Asian Law Center: An evolution; Jon Eddy --; Part II: The role of comparative law in legal innovations --; Comparison of law, transfer of legal concepts, and creation of a legal design: The case of Japan; Harald Baum --; Part III: Role of courts in Japan and legal innovations: Japan, China, and Islamic Asia --; Judicial lawmaking and the creation of legal norms in Japan: A dialogue; John O. Haley and Daniel H. Foote --; The Supreme Court of Japan and online pharmacies; Shigenori Matsui --; Civil procedure and anti-modern myths in the'Harmonious Society' : China and pre-war Japan compared; Dongsheng Zang --; Judicial activism in China; Vai Io Lo; The role of courts in'making' Islamic law : South and Southeast Asia; Clark B. Lombardi --; Limitations on the termination of fixed-term employment contracts: Judicially created rules and their codification in Japanese law; Ryuichi Yamakawa --; Goddess of justice without a blindfold : How do Japanese judges treat pro se litigants?; Kyoko Ishida --; Part IV: Legal transplants and the influence of Japanese law in Asia --; The influence of Japanese law on Taiwan law; Tay-sheng Wang --; Corporate law and corporate law scholarship in Korea: A comparative essay; Kon Sik Kim --; Judicial innovation in Chinese corporate law; Donald Clarke --; The influence of US and Japanese laws upon Indonesian law; Kurnia Toha --; Part V: Legal innovations in intellectual property --; A change of leadership in patent policy and law development? The active role played by Japanese courts in Japan's patent term extension reform; Toshiko Takenaka --; Ethics rather than rights: Reconsidering'transmit rather than create' : Toward a new understanding of Korea's intellectual property rights tradition; Hyung Doo Nam --; What are the challenges awaiting the Thai government if the Bayh-Dole Act is adopted in Thailand?; Orakanoke Phanraksa --; Public health and pharmaceutical patent protection in Indonesia: The implementation of the TRIPS safeguards and other strategies to increase access to essential medicines; Tomi Suryo Utomo ER -