Comparative Legal Education from Asian Perspective:
Programs for Asian Global Legal Professions Series T

PREFACE Naoya Katayama
INTRODUCTION WHY AND HOW SHOULD COMPARATIVE LEGAL EDUCATION BE PROMOTED IN AN ASIAN CONTEXT? Hiroshi Matsuo
1. The Significance of Legal Education in Asia 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Comparative Legal Education 3. Practical Approaches to Comparative Legal Education 4. From Static and Macro Comparisons to Dynamic and Micro Comparisons
COUNTRY REPORTS Chapter 1: CURRENT LEGAL EDUCATION IN HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY: Its Challenges and Prospects Phan Thi Lan Huong
1. Current status of legal education in Hanoi Law University 2. Challenges 3. The need for comparative legal education in Vietnam
Chapter 2: LEGAL EDUCATION IN JAPAN AND VIETNAM: A Comparative Approach Shohei Sugita
1. Introduction 2. Differing Approaches to Legal Education in Japan and Vietnam 3. The Judicial System in Japan and Legal Education 4. The Judicial System in Vietnam and Legal Education 5. Significance of Varying Approaches to Legal Education 6. Comparative Perspective of Legal Education in Vietnam and Japan
Chapter 3: LEGAL EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITY IN VIETNAM Nguyen Ngoc Dien
1. General characteristics of legal education 2. Access to legal education 3. Training development 4. Post-training phase
Chapter 4: CAMBODIAN LEGAL SYSTEM AND LEGAL EDUCATION Kong Phallack
1. Overview of Cambodian Legal System 2. Sources of Law in Cambodia 3. Overview of Cambodian Judicial System 4. Overview of Cambodian Alternative Dispute Resolution System 5. Cambodian Legal Professions 6. Legal Education
Chapter 5: LEGAL EDUCATION AT THE FACULTY OF LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS Viengvilay Thiengchanhxay
1. Current Status of Legal Education in the Faculty of Law and Political Science, National University of Laos 2. Challenges 3. The Need to Improve Legal Education in Laos 4. Conclusion
Chapter 6: THAI LEGAL EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES Noppadon Detsomboonrut
1. Background of Thai Legal System 2. Thai Educational System in General 3. Thai Legal Educational System 4. Thai Legal Educational System Universities
Chapter 7: LEGAL EDUCATION IN MYANMAR Khin Mar Yee
1. Legal Education in the Past 2. Present Legal Education 3. Legal Education in the Future
Chapter 8: CURRENT STATUS OF LEGAL EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES: JAPAN Rikako Watai
1. Current Status of Legal Education in Japan 2. Keio University Law School: LL.M. in Global Legal Practice 3. Conclusion: Legal Education at Keio University Law School
COMMENT ANALYTICAL VERSUS SUBSTANTIVE APPROACHES IN AMERICAN AND JAPANESE LAW SCHOOLS A. Reid Monroe-Sheridan
1. Introduction 2. Comparison of Approaches 3. Law School as Preparation of Legal Practice 4. Explaining the Emphasis on Black Letter Law 5. Possible Solutions
ON-SITE REPORT FROM LAW CLASSROOMS IN ASIAN UNIVERSITIES: Short Report on The Collaboration Program in Vietnam and Cambodia Hiroshi Matsuo and Hitomi Fukasawa
MATERIAL DURATION OF THE SEMESTER
INDEX
ABOUT KEIGLAD ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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