▼Introduction to this book
Focusing on Northeast, Southeast and South Asia, which began to grow economically since the 1960s and have become global growth centers, this book examines the significance of legal reform as a factor in promoting such economic growth and the impact of different political forms of government in those countries by considering the historical background.It will provide interesting material for Law and Development, which seeks to build a general theory of the relationship between the development of legal systems and the economic and political development.

▼About the Author Hiroshi Matsuo:
Hiroshi Matsuo, Professor, Keio University Law School, was born in Nagano, Japan, in 1962. He graduated from Keio University in 1985 and completed courses in the master program at Keio University in 1987 and in doctor program at Hitotsubashi University in 1990.
He was employed by Yokohama City University as a Lecturer in 1990 and by Yokohama National University as an Associate Professor in 1994. He moved to Keio University as a Professor of Law in 2003. Since 2017 he is the Director of Keio Institute for Global Law and Development (KEIGLAD).
He lectures separate courses on Civil Law, and Law and Development. In addition, since 2002, he has been participating in Legal Cooperation Programs arranged by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Asian countries including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Myanmar, etc. He has lectured Japanese Legal System at the University of Sydney and the University of Jena as a Visiting Professor from 1997 to 2005.

His publications include books by single author:
Property and Trust Law in Japan, Wolters Kluwer, 2021; Yoi-tochi-to-ho-no-shihai [Good Governance and the Rule of Law], Nippon-Hyoron-sha, 2009; Minpo-no-taikei [A System of the Civil Law], 6th ed., Keio University Press, 2016; Zaisanken-no-hosho-to-sonshitu-hosho-no-hori [Guarantee of Property Rights and Compensation for Takings] , Taisei-shuppan, 2011; Minpo-kaisei-wo-yomu [Reading the Civil Law Reform], Keio University Press, 2012; Kaihatsu-hogaku-no-kisoriron [A Basic Theory of Law and Development], Keiso-shobo, 2012; Hatten-suru-Asia-no-seiji-keizai-ho [Politics, Economy and Law in Developing Asia], Nippon-Hyoron-sha, 2016; Saiken-ho-kaisei-wo-yomu [Reading the Obligation Law Reform], Keio University Press, 2017; Kazoku-ho-kaisei-wo-yomu [Reading the Family and Succession Law Reform], Keio University Press, 2019; Bukken-ho-kaisei-wo-yomu [Reading the Property Law Reform], Keio University Press, 2021; and articles:
“The Rule of Law and Economic Development: A Cause or a Result?�? in: Yoshiharu Matsuura (ed.), The Role of Law in Development: Past, Present and Future, CALE Books 2, Nagoya University, 2005, pp. 59�?70 [https://cale.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CALE-Books2.pdf]; “Let the Rule of Law Be Flexible to Attain Good Governance,�? in: Per Bergling, Jenny Ederlöf and Veronica L. Taylor (eds.), Rule of Law Promotion: Global Perspectives, Local Applications, Iustus, Uppsala, 2009, pp. 41�?56; “Access to Justice in Indochinese Countries�?, in: Michèle and Henrik Schmiegelow (eds.), Institutional Competition between Common Law and Civil Law: Theory and Policy, Springer, 2014, pp. 249�?277; “The Rule of Law Promotion in Asian Dynamics: Toward the Rule of Law Ubiquitous World�?, in: KEIGLAD (ed.), Promoting the Rule of Law in Asian Dynamics, Keio University Press, 2021, pp. 3�?32 [https://keiglad.keio.ac.jp/working/]; etc.