This course undertakes a comparative approach to the regulation of business in Asia. It first tries to assess possible particularities in the legal and business culture in Asia and focuses inter alia on the areas of commercial law, corporate law and business transactions, securities, intellectual property, and labour law issues To this end, selected jurisdictions, such as those of the People's Republic of China, Japan and Korea but also others will be presented and discussed from a comparative and both public-private law perspective. The analysis includes the evaluation of national legal systems in the context of regional economic integration projects based on various bi-, tri- or plurilateral agreements.

CILO-1: Students will be able to describe basic concepts and legal theory of business law of Asian countries. CILO-2: Students will be able to explain the role played by local governments in supervising commercial activities in different legal systems. CILO-3: Students will be able to analyze the rights and liability of enterprises, shareholders, contractors and employees in the selected jurisdictions. CILO-4: Students will be able to apply the norms and theories learned in the course to solve problems in running a business in selected jurisdictions.