Introduction: the emergence of inter-Asian law Matthew S. Erie and Ching-Fu Lin; Part I. Commercial Law: From Firms to International Economic Law: 1. Faux convergence in Asian corporate governance: unmasking the illusion of Anglo-American transplants Gen Goto and Dan W. Puchniak; 2. Inter-Asia's company towns Trang (Mae) Nguyen; 3. International commercial alternative dispute resolution in Asia: charting the new inter-Asian dynamics Tran Hoang Tu Linh; 4. Transforming the ASEAN way in inter-Asian law: the RCEP and beyond Pasha Hsieh; Part II.

Constitutional Law: Judicial Practices, Inter-Court Dialogue, and Democratic Resilience: 5. Judicial rhetoric and constitutional comparativism: two Asian case studies Yvonne Tew; 6. An inter-Asian approach to religion-state relations? Deepa Das Acevedo; 7. Imagine to re-imagine: bringing Inter-Asian law to abortion Gauri Pillai; 8. Withstanding the rise of illiberalism: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic responses in Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore Yi-Li Lee and Wen-Chen Chang; Part III. Law's Movements: Transnational Networks, Religious Donors, and Institutional Co-Learners: 9. The travels and travails of Chinese law in Inter-Asia Matthew S. Erie; 10.

Decolonisation, inter-regionalism, and Islam: Indonesia's new criminal code as Inter-Asian law Theodora Putri and Veronica L. Taylor; 11. Lay participation in legal decision making in Asia in a global context Valerie Hans; Part IV. Emerging Problems: Between Technology and Authoritarianism: 12. AI governance in East Asia: mapping the contexts and dynamics of interaction Ching-Fu Lin; 13. The 'Smart City' debate: exploring Asian models of smart cities through Japan-ASEAN cooperation Yoshiko Naiki; 14. In the shadow of sovereignty: multiple pathways of Inter-Asian legal influence of China on Hong Kong Jacques deLisle; 'A Beginning' Matthew S. Erie and Ching-Fu Lin.