Part I: Asian Law Center: The first half century -- The first decades, 1961-2000 / Navigating law's "Asian Century" / The Asian Law Center: An evolution / Part II: The role of comparative law in legal innovations -- Comparison of law, transfer of legal concepts, and creation of a legal design: The case of Japan / Part III: Role of courts in Japan and legal innovations: Japan, China, and Islamic Asia -- Judicial lawmaking and the creation of legal norms in Japan: A dialogue / The Supreme Court of Japan and online pharmacies / Civil procedure and anti-modern myths in the "Harmonious Society" : China and pre-war Japan compared / Judicial activism in China

The role of courts in "making" Islamic law : South and Southeast Asia / Limitations on the termination of fixed-term employment contracts: Judicially created rules and their codification in Japanese law / Goddess of justice without a blindfold : How do Japanese judges treat pro se litigants? / Part IV: Legal transplants and the influence of Japanese law in Asia -- The influence of Japanese law on Taiwan law / Corporate law and corporate law scholarship in Korea: A comparative essay / Judicial innovation in Chinese corporate law / The influence of US and Japanese laws upon Indonesian law / Part V: Legal innovations in intellectual property -- A change of leadership in patent policy and law development? The active role played by Japanese courts in Japan's patent term extension reform / Ethics rather than rights: Reconsidering "transmit rather than create" : Toward a new understanding of Korea's intellectual property rights tradition / What are the challenges awaiting the Thai government if the Bayh-Dole Act is adopted in Thailand? / Public health and pharmaceutical patent protection in Indonesia: The implementation of the TRIPS safeguards and other strategies to increase access to essential medicines