Symposium: Advances in Law and Civil Society in the Pacific Rim, May 28-29, 2002, Vancouver, Canada

研讨会将探讨法律在后工业化和工业化的环太平洋国家所发生的变化中的作用。研讨会上将发表论文，重点是影响整个区域法律机构和法律学说发展的文化、社会和经济问题。全球化的趋势使这些问题的重要性超出了个别环太平洋国家的边界。“外来”流行文化和法律文化紧随自由贸易的扩大而来，但现有的本土文化抵制简单的移植。许多环太平洋国家，无论发达与否，都在为应对全球化的法律机构和合法性而进行重要斗争。该奖项资助来自菲律宾、马来西亚、印度尼西亚、中国、越南和泰国等太平洋沿岸国家的约12名学者与来自日本、韩国、美国和加拿大的社会科学家一起参加的旅费和费用。研讨会将在温哥华法律和学会协会2002年年会之前举行。

The symposium will explore the role of law in changes taking place in both post-industrial and industrializing Pacific Rim nations. Papers will be presented at the symposium focusing on cultural, social and economic issues that affect the development of legal institutions and legal doctrine throughout the region. The trend towards globalization stretches the significance of these issues beyond the borders of individual Pacific Rim countries. "External" popular culture as well as legal culture comes on the heels of expanded free trade, but existing local cultures resist simple transplantation. Many Pacific Rim nations, whether highly developed or not, are in the midst of important struggles over the place of legal institutions and legality in their responses to globalization. This award supports travel and expenses for approximately twelve scholars from Pacific-Rim nations such as The Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, and Thailand to join with social scientists from Japan, Korea, the United States and Canada. The symposium will be held prior to the 2002 annual meeting of the Law and Society Association in Vancouver.