Yuka Kaneko LL.D. is a professor in Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation. She is active in the field of Asian comparative law as well as in the sociology of law. She is one of the executive board member of the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law. She is the author of numbers of  books, including Asian Crisis and Financial Law Reforms, Shinzan-Sya in 2004; Law Reforms and Legal Development in Asia, Daigakukyoiku-Shuppan in 2010; Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery, Routledge in 2016; Law and Development of Myanmar, Koyo-Syobo in 2018; Civil Law Reforms in Post-Colonial Asia: Beyond Western Capitalism, Springer in 2019; and Land Law and Disputes in Asia: In Search of an Alternative for Development, Routledge in 2021.

I. Introduction to Research Framework

1. Purpose: Analyzing the Validity of the Insolvency Law Model

2. Overview of Insolvency Law Theories and Contexts

2.1 Policy Conflict of Insolvency Law

2.2 Donors' Model Designed for the Economic Crises

2.3 Socialist Economic Reforms in Asia

3. Methodological Framework

3.1 Preceding Works

3.2 Hypothetical Framework for a Comparative Approach

3.3 Empirical Approach

3.4 Socialist Economic Reforms

II. Insolvency Law Reforms in the Asian Emerging Economies

1. Vietnam

1.1 Legislative Background

1.2 Design Features

2. Laos

2.1. Legislative Background

2.2 Design Features

2.3 Policy Conflicts in Insolvency Law Reform

3. Myanmar

3.1 Legislative Background

3.2 Design Features

3.3 Policy Conflicts in Insolvency Law Reform

III. Model Conflict Between the Donors: Case of Myanmar

1. Introduction

2. Colonial Insolvency Regime in Present Time

3. Corporate Insolvency in Practice

5. Alternative Approach of JICA Draft

6. Discussion

IV. Empirical Approach to the Pandemic-Based Crisis

1. Introduction

2. Practice of SME Finance and Insolvency Law under Pandemic

2.1 Japan

2.2 Korea

2.3 Vietnam

2.4 Myanmar

3. Discussion

V. Conclusion