Law of Asia

Law of Asia

Law in Asia is undergoing rapid change and modernisationFact|date=November 2007, especially given the economic growth in China and India. Asian countries share a substantial heritage with European lawFact|date=November 2007, whilst keeping their own distinct identity.

History

Ancient China and ancient India had historically independent schools of legal theory and practice such as the "Laws of Manu" or the "Arthashastra" in India and traditional Chinese law in China. Because Germany was a rising power in the late 19th century, and codified civil law is more 'exportable' than large bodies of common law jurisprudence, the German Civil Code has been highly influential for most oriental legal systems, and forms the basis of civil law in Japan and South Korea.Fact|date=November 2007 In China, the German Civil Code was introduced in the later years of the Qing Dynasty and formed the basis of the law of the Republic of ChinaFact|date=November 2007 which remains in force in Taiwan. The current legal infrastructure in the People's Republic of China reflects influences from the German-based civil law, English-based common law in Hong Kong, Soviet-influenced Socialist law, United States-style banking and securities law, and traditional Chinese law. In India, and other previous members of the Commonwealth, English common law forms the basis of private law.

Countries

* Law of Afghanistan
* Law of Armenia
* Law of Azerbaijan
* Law of Bahrain
* Law of Bangladesh
* Law of Bhutan
* Law of Brunei
* Law of Cambodia
* Law of China
* Law of the People's Republic of China
* Law of Hong Kong
* Law of Macau
* Law of the Republic of China(Taiwan)
* Law of Cyprus
* Law of East Timor
* Law of Georgia
* Law of India
* Law of Indonesia
* Law of Iran
* Law of Iraq
* Law of Israel
* Law of the Palestinian territories
* Law of Japan
* Law of Jordan
* Law of Kazakhstan
* Law of North Korea
* Law of South Korea
* Law of Kuwait
* Law of Kyrgyzstan
* Law of Laos
* Law of Lebanon
* Law of Malaysia
* Law of Maldives
* Law of Mongolia
* Law of Myanmar
* Law of Nepal
* Law of Oman
* Law of Pakistan
* Law of Philippines
* Law of Qatar
* Law of Russia
* Law of Saudi Arabia
* Law of Singapore
* Law of Sri Lanka
* Law of Syria
* Law of Tajikistan
* Law of Thailand
* Law of Turkey
* Law of Turkmenistan
* Law of United Arab Emirates
* Law of Uzbekistan
* Law of Vietnam
* Law of Yemen

ee also

* Legal systems of the world


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