1. Introduction , Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland) and Jun Zheng (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) Part 1: General Overview of Legal Regimes 2. Introduction to the Law of the People's Republic of China, Harro von Senger (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland) 3. The Structure and General Principles of Japanese Law, Béatrice Jaluzot (Institut d'Asie Orientale, France) 4. Legal Transfer and Law in Transition: Compulsory Share in Korean and Japanese Law, Marie Seong-Hak Kim (Minneapolis, USA) 5. Influence of Japanese Law on Taiwanese Law, Ying-Hsin Tsai (National Taiwan University) Part 2: Rules on Private International Law 6. On the Process of China's Private International Law in the Past Decade, Jin Huang (China University of Political Science and Law) 7. New Developments of Private International Law in Japan and East Asia, Yuko Nishitani (Kyoto University, Japan) 8.

Private International Law Developments in Hong Kong, Wilson Lui (University of Hong Kong) 9. New Developments in Korean Private International Law, Jong Hyeok Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea) Part 3: Relations of Courts 10. Choice-of-Court Agreements in Japanese Conflict of Laws, Dai Yokomizo (Nagoya University, Japan) 11. The 1965 Basic Treaty: An Obstacle to 'Normal' Relations between South Korea and Japan? Samuel Guex (University of Geneva, Switzerland) Part 4: Family and Succession Law 12. New Developments in Chinese Private International Law in the Area of International Family Law: 12 Years after the Entry into Force of the Chinese PIL Act, Weizuo Chen (Tsinghua University, China) 13. Some Recent Issues in Family Law and International Family Law in Japan, Mari Nagata (Osaka University, Japan) 14. The Applicable Law in Succession Matters in China, Japan and South Korea: The Professio Iuris as a Bridge? Olivier Gaillard (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland) 15. Conclusions, Olivier Gaillard (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland).