Pushing back on globalization : an introduction to regulation in Asia / John Gillespie and Randall Peerenboom -- The role of state, non-state, and hybrid actors in localizing global scripts in East Asia / John Gillespie -- Pushing against globalization : toward an analytic template / Michael...

Global laws are an important inspiration for commercial law reforms around the world. Much analysis of this phenomenon emphasizes the capacity of regulatory élites, such as lawmakers, courts and lawyers, to adapt global laws to local conditions. What is often absent from this top-down analysis...

As conventionally understood, corruption relies on a set of universally agreed rules that determine what constitutes the appropriate allocation of organizational resources. This article explores whether rule-based approaches to corruption are applicable where business organizations, such as...

Over recent years, the global diffusion of legal and regulatory regimes has dramatically increased. Much of the increase is the direct result of initiatives funded in the name of ‘law and development’. The world over, domestic legislation and regulatory reforms borrow heavily from...

Having already abandoned a central command economy and embraced the “mixed market” policies of Doi Moi (Renovation), Vietnamese planners now face a dilemma. Ambitious law reform has created a framework of what are, ostensibly, rights-based commercial laws. Although essential to the...