Eurasian Legal Systems in a World in Transition; Economic prosperity or disparity, and the return of politics in international law

Eurasia is neither a juxtaposition of sub-regions – Central Asia, West Europe, East Asia – nor a single, coherent legal system. It mixes sui generis evolutions and mutual influences of its constituent systems. The period of Eurasian countries going their own, national(ist) way in building a legal system (Europe before 1950, Central Asia under Soviet rule, East Asia in colonialisms) has yielded to one when no ‘universal’ system applies. Regional mechanisms are mutually inspired, for instance the EU and the EAEU; or the OSCE and the CICA.

Chapters are by scholars based in Korea, Kazakhstan, France, China, Russia and Spain. Each sub-region is analysed through a ‘main’ reference (Kazakhstan, France, Korea) and a ‘complementary model’ (Russia, China, Spain), within the context of institutional region-building.C

Two factors accelerate change in Eurasian legal systems: national/regional experiences and evolutions influence each other; the world context (crises, sanctions, wars, trade diplomacy…) push even further : no country (or region) can in isolation devise legal solutions to these challenges.

Remus Titiriga (PhD in Law, Nancy University) is Professor at InHa Law School (International Economic Law, Trade Law, and European Law).

Hye-Hwal Seong (PhD in Law, Indiana University) is Professor at InHa Law School and Vice-President of the Korea Securities Law Association.

Zhuldyz Saraimbaeva (PhD in Law, KazNU) is Director of the International Law Department (KazNU), focusing on International Economic Law.

Pierre Chabal (Sc Dr in IR, IEP), Director of Lexfeim (France), Co-founder of KazNU Center for European Law. Founder in 2014 of these Kazakh-French-Korean law seminars.