Download or read book Asian Indigenous Law written by Masaji Chiba and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1986. Western law is normally regarded as universal when considered from the fact that it has been received and utilized by non-Western countries as the basis of their own state legal systems. The reception of Western law by non-Western countries in modern times is the most influential encounter of non-Western law with foreign law. The major portion of this book is a collection of descriptions of typical non-Western countries from this viewpoint by native scholars.