Economic Law Reforms in the ASEAN Emerging Economies: A Review of Three Decades' Paths

Terukazu Suruga obtained a Ph.D. in economics at Osaka University, Japan. He is now professor emeritus at Kobe University. He has held several visiting positions at institutions including Washington University, Flinders University, Beijing University, the Mongolian Market Research Institute, KIMEP University, and National University of Laos. He has published numerous papers on foreign direct investment (FDI), development economics, and labor economics. He has written Labour and Employment Society in Laos (in Japanese) and has edited Changing Employment Practices and Female Labor Force (in Japanese).

Phanhpakit Onphanhdala obtained a Ph.D. in economics in 2008 from Kobe University, Japan, where he worked during 2008-2011, and at the National University of Laos during 2011-2019. He was the deputy director of the Research Center under the National Institute for Economic Research, Lao PDR, during 2019-2020. Currently, he is a senior economist and independent researcher. His researchinterests include labor market analysis, FDI and trade, agribusiness, logistics, and economic integration.

Yuka Kaneko, LL.D., is a professor and the deputy executive director at the Center for Social Systems Innovation, Kobe University, Japan. She is specialized in Asian comparative law, law and development, law and society, and disaster law. Her edited books include Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery (Routledge, 2016), Civil Law Reforms in Post-Colonial Asia: Beyond Western Capitalism (Springer, 2019), Land Law and Disputes in Asia: In Search for an Alternative Development (Routledge, 2021), Build Back Better: Issues of Asian Disaster Recovery (Springer, 2021), Insolvency Law Reforms in the ASEAN Emerging Economies: Consequences of the Donor Model Designed for Economic Crises (Springer, 2022) and Reallocation of Social Risks in a Pandemic: Changing Law and Contractual Relations of Asian SMEs under COVID-19 (Springer, 2022). She is a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law, and also a member of the Editors-in-Chief of the Asian Journal of Law & Society.

鄉田輝和在日本大阪大學獲得經濟學博士學位，現為神戶大學名譽教授。他曾在華盛頓大學、弗林德斯大學、北京大學、蒙古市場研究所、KIMEP大學和寮國國立大學等機構擔任訪問學者。他發表了許多關於外國直接投資（FDI）、發展經濟學和勞動經濟學的論文。他撰寫了《寮國的勞動與就業社會》（日文）並編輯了《變革中的就業實踐和女性勞動力》（日文）。

Phanhpakit Onphanhdala於2008年在日本神戶大學獲得經濟學博士學位，並在2008年至2011年期間在該校工作，2011年至2019年期間在寮國國立大學任職。他曾在寮國經濟研究所擔任研究中心副主任（2019年至2020年）。目前，他是一位高級經濟學家和獨立研究人員。他的研究興趣包括勞動力市場分析、外國直接投資和貿易、農業企業、物流和經濟一體化。

Yuka Kaneko是日本神戶大學社會系統創新中心的教授兼副執行主任。她專攻亞洲比較法、法律與發展、法律與社會以及災害法。她編輯的書籍包括《災害中的亞洲法律：走向以人為中心的恢復》（Routledge，2016年）、《後殖民亞洲的民法改革：超越西方資本主義》（Springer，2019年）、《亞洲土地法與爭議：尋求替代發展》（Routledge，2021年）、《重建更好：亞洲災害恢復問題》（Springer，2021年）、《東盟新興經濟體的破產法改革：經濟危機捐助模式的後果》（Springer，2022年）和《疫情中的社會風險重新分配：COVID-19下亞洲中小企業的法律和契約關係變革》（Springer，2022年）。她是日本法社會學學會董事會成員，也是《亞洲法律與社會期刊》的主編之一。