ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some of the areas which could serve as the focus for further comparative research and analysis by socio-legal scholars interested in economic phenomena such as the process of economic law reform in Asia and its relationship to economic crisis and economic development. It seeks to approach the task of analysis through a number of Asian socio-legal stories as they may tell people a lot about the issues facing the region and which remain to be fully explored by socio-legal researchers interested in economic law issues. Law and legal institutions are seen primarily in terms of the maintenance of order rather than as guarantors of the expression of individual rights. The chapter also examines a number of very different ways of looking at the key issues of law and economic development in Asia. The stories of Chris Patten and Lee Kuan Yew are quite illuminating and their messages have been very influential.
