Japan’s Civil Code-Centered Legal Assistance to Asian Market Reform Countries: Normative Choices in the Reform Process

I. Introduction | II. Legal Reforms in Transition Economies | 1. Implications of Russian Civil Code | 2. Donor as a Side Runner: Civil Code Support by the Netherlands | 3. Policy Implications of a Comprehensive Civil Code | 4. Civil Codes of Asian Market-Reform Countries and Japanese Support | III. General Provisions as the Basis of Interpretation | 1. Vietnam | 2. Cambodia | 3. Laos | IV. Protection of True Will vs. Promotion of Transactions | 1. Vietnam | 2. Cambodia | 3. Laos | V. Policy Implication of Remedies for Contracts Violation | 1. Vietnam | 2. Cambodia | 3. Laos | VI. Conclusion