Day 1: Dispute Resolution Process in Asia Session I: Dispute Resolution Process in Asia: Theory and Reality "A Perspective on Comparative Study of Dispute Settlement Institutions and Socioeconomic Development"

examines the correlation between legal development and economic development during 1960-1995 in six Asian economies: China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Taiwan.The research in the book consists of three studies: the relationship between corporate law and capital formation, the relationship between security interest law and lending, and the relationship between dispute settlement institutions and economic development.I will, inter alia, focus on the study of the relationship between dispute settlement institutions (DSIs) and economic development (hereinafter referred to as 'the Study'), for the Study contains interesting implications for our joint research project.First, I will overview the framework of the Study, introducing methods used and findings therein.Second, I will raise questions regarding findings of the Study about Japan, and third, discuss the method used in the Study to analyze the correlation between