In this volume, distinguished Asian, U.S., and European scholars explore the role of law and the legal profession in the development of high-tech industries and in trade among the nations of the Pacific community.

Philip S.C. Lewis was formerly a Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and currently works with the Silicon Valley Research Project at the Stanford Law School. He is also engaged in a study of the work of lawyers in the high-technology field in England.

Preface -- Introduction -- Approaches from Social Science -- Law, Legal Institutions, and Economic Development -- The Thomas Theorem of Mega Lawyering -- Computers, Competition, and the Revitalization of the U.S. Patent System -- The Internationalization of the Legal Profession -- The International Legal Community in the Pacific Basin -- The Growth of the Bar and the Changes in the Lawyer's Role: Korea's Dilemma -- Law and Institutions on the Pacific Rim -- The Role of Government and Lawyers in the Development of the Semiconductor/Computer Industry in Japan -- The Role of Lawyers in the Economic Development of Korea -- Litigation in Silicon Valley Industries -- Property Rights in an Advanced Capitalist Economy -- Lochner v. New York in Japan: Protecting Economic Liberties in a Country Governed by Bureaucrats -- Administrative Control of Japanese Judges -- Education for the New Lawyer -- Challenges to Legal Education in Korea -- Legal Education in Japan -- Implications of International Legal Integration for Law Teaching