Proceedings of the Roundtable Meeting Law, Development and Socio-Economic Changes in Asia II

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Preface

Day 1: Dispute Resolution Process in Asia
Opening Speech by Mr. Toshiaki Hayashi (Executive Vice President, IDE-JETRO)

Opening Speech by Justice Prasobsook Boondech (Supreme Court, Thailand)

Session I: Dispute Resolution Process in Asia: Theory and Reality
“Globalism and Localism in Dispute Resolution”
Dr. Yoshitaka Wada (Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University, Japan)

“Alternative Dispute Resolution System in India : Problems and Prospects”
Prof. Surinder Kaur Verma (Director, Indian Law Institute, India)

“Alternative Dispute Resolution in Thailand”
Judge Vichai Ariyanuntaka (Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court, Thailand)

“Overview of the Dispute Resolution Mechanism in China”
Dr. Liu Junhai (Deputy Director, Department of Business & Economic Law, Institute of Law,Chinese Academy of Social Science, China)

“A Perspective on Comparative Study of Dispute Settlement Institutions and Socioeconomic Development”
Ms. Miwa Yamada (IDE-JETRO)

Discussions in Session I

Session II: Dispute Resolution Process in Asia: Theory and Reality (2)
“Labor Dispute Settlement in the Philippines”
Prof. Domingo P. Disini (Professor, College of Law, University of the Philippines)

“The Malaysian Experience with ADR, with particular reference to the resolution of Labour Disputes”
Dr. Sharifah Suhana Ahmad (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Malaysia)

“Environmental Dispute Settlement in Japan”
Ms. Izumi Chibana (IDE-JETRO)

“The Japanese Model of Dispute Processing”
Dr. Yasunobu Sato (Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University,Japan)

“The Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Vietnam”
Dr. Dao Tri Uc (Director of the Institute of State and Law, National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam)

Discussions in Session II

Day 2: Law and Political Development in Asia
Session III: The Political and Administrative Reform in Asia
“Legal and Institutional Reform in East Asia: Case Study of Thailand”
Mr. Shinya Imaizumi (IDE-JETRO)

“Anointing Power with Piety: 'People Power', Democracy and the Rule of Law”
Dr. Raul C. Pangalangan (Dean, College of Law, University of the Philippines)

“Local Government Reform in Thailand under the New Constitution”
Mr. Somtob La-ongsakul(Member of the Sub-committee on Supervision of Government Policy
Implementation, Region 12, Thailand)

“Constitutional Review Concerning the Protection and the Regulation of Freedom of Business in Japan”
Ms. Noriko Ofuji(Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Seigakuin University, Japan)

Discussions in Session III  

Session IV: Ensuring the Rule of Law in Asia
“The Rule of Law in Indonesia”
Mr. Naoyuki Sakumoto(Senior Research Fellow, IDE-JETRO)

“National Ombudsman Commission of Indonesia: Comparative Aspects”
Prof. RM Surachman (APU Research Professor, eqv., Deputy Ombudsman, National Ombudsman
Commission, Indonesia)

“Judicial Supervision in China”
Mr. Masayuki Kobayashi(IDE-JETRO)

Discussions in Session IV  

Closing Remarks  by Prof. Dr. Surapon Nitikraipot(Dean, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University)

Closing Remarks  by Mr. Naoyuki Sakumoto(IDE-JETRO)