Legal Reform in Northeast Asia: Institutional Change and Constitutionalism, Part 1
"Legal Reform in Northeast Asia: Institutional Change and Constitutionalism in Comparative Perspective," by Tom Ginsburg, Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Professor Ginsburg addresses significant shifts in legal institutions in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Two decades ago, legal systems in the three countries were very similar, and featured a combination of a small private bar, high quality but politically constrained judges, and an insulated administrative state. Since roughly 1990, these three core