An Empirical and Comparative Study of Law Students' Perceptions of Their Values in Four Asian Civil Law Countires: China, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea

Dr Wu, Richard Wai Sang   (Principal Investigator (PI))

Professor Cheng Kevin Kwok Yin   (Co-Investigator)

Dr Lin Yu-Hsin   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Nguyen Quang Van   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Kim JaeWon   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Evans Adrian Hellier   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Ji Weidong   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Leung Grace Lai Kuen   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Nicholson Pip   (Co-Investigator)

Professor Manako Kinoshita   (Co-Investigator)

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An Empirical and Comparative Study of Law Students' Perceptions of Their Values in Four Asian Civil Law Countires: China, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea

China, Japan, Law Students' Values, South Korea, Vietnam

Law

Humanities & Social Sciences (H)

17601815

General Research Fund (GRF)

2015

Completed

1) To identify and compare the values that are characteristic of law students in China, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea. 2) To assess the significance of values in the decision-making process of law students in these four Asian civil law countries. 3) To investigate the effect of gender on the value orientations of law students in these four Asian civil law countries. 4) To evaluate the impact of legal education on the value orientation of law students in these four Asian civil law countries. 5) To investigate other local factors, apart from legal education, that shape the value development of law students in China, Vietnam, Japan, and South Korea. 6) To identify and develop strategies that can help both the governments and law schools in these four Asian civil law countries to reform their curricula on value development of their law students. 7) To evaluate the similarities and differences in the value orientation of law students in Asian civil law countries and their common law counterparts.