Insolvency Law Reforms in Asian Developing Countries

Yuka Kaneko LL.D. is a professor in Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation. She is active in the field of Asian comparative law as well as in the sociology of law. She is one of the executive board member of the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law. She is the author of numbers of  books, including Asian Crisis and Financial Law Reforms, Shinzan-Sya in 2004; Law Reforms and Legal Development in Asia, Daigakukyoiku-Shuppan in 2010; Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery, Routledge in 2016; Law and Development of Myanmar, Koyo-Syobo in 2018; Civil Law Reforms in Post-Colonial Asia: Beyond Western Capitalism, Springer in 2019; and Land Law and Disputes in Asia: In Search of an Alternative for Development, Routledge in 2021.

• 1. Purpose: Analyzing the Validity of the Insolvency Law Model .- 2. Overview of Insolvency Law Theories and Contexts.- 3.   Methodological Framework.- 4. Vietnam.- 5. Laos.- 6. Myanmar.- 7. Introduction.- 8. Colonial Insolvency Regime in Present Time.- 9. Corporate Insolvency in Practice.- 10. Read-through of the 2020 Insolvency Law.- 11. Alternative Approach of JICA Draft.- 12. Introduction.- 13. Practice of SME Finance and Insolvency Law under Pandemic.- 14.  Conclusion.