ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book seeks to provide an in-depth overview of the background and the operation of company law ideas in a number of legal systems in Asia. It deals with company laws in Japan, Korea, the Peoples’ Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The book outlines discussions of company laws in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia. It also deals with an introduction to the legal system of each jurisdiction and provides an overview of the relevant corporate law statute in that jurisdiction. US influences have been apparent in Japan, Korea and Taiwan through the impact of US postgraduate legal education upon legal practitioners working in the corporate law field. The limits of corporate law are attributed in part to the importance of cultural factors in the structure of corporate action.
