Veronica Taylor

  • Affiliate Professor
  • Affiliate Professor of Law

Contact

Phone: (206) 543-5643
Email: vtaylor@uw.edu

Veronica Taylor

Education

B.A. (Hons) 1986 LL.B. 1988, Monash University, Australia LL.M. 1992, University of Washington Certificate of Interpreting and Translating (Japanese) RMIT, Melbourne, 1988

Curriculum Vitae

Peer Reviewed Journals & Law Reviews

  • Elin Cohen, Kevin J. Fandl, Amanda Perry-Kessaris & Veronica Taylor, Truth and Consequences in Rule of Law: Inferences, Attribution and Evaluation, 3 Hague J. on Rule L. (forthcoming 2011).
  • Veronica L. Taylor, Japanese Commercial Transactions and Sanctions Revisited: Sumitomo v UFJ , 8 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 399-425 (2009).
  • Veronica L. Taylor, Japanese Commercial Transactions and Sanctions Revisited: Sumitomo v UFJ , 8 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 399-425 (2009).
  • Veronica L. Taylor. Doing Business in Developing Markets: New Tools and Insights from Development Law, 6 U. of Tokyo J.L. & Pol. 74-82 (2009).
  • “Frequently Asked Questions about Rule of Law (And Why the Answers Matter)(2009) Hague Journal of Rule of Law 1(1)
  • Veronica Taylor, Learning and Teaching Methods at the Law School in Washington University, 72 Hosei Kenkyu J. L. & Pol. 1275-1296 (March 2006).
  • Veronica Taylor, Zen and the Law School, 7 Aust. J. Asian Law 293-309 (2005).
  • Veronica Taylor, New Markets, New Commodity: Japanese Legal Technical Assistance, 23 (2) Wisconsin Intl. L. J. 251-281 (2005).

Books or Treatises

  • Rule of Law Promotion: Global Perspectives, Local Applications (Per Berling, Jenny Ederlöf & Veronica L. Taylor eds., Iustus Förlag 2009). 377 pages.
  • Veronica Taylor & K. Laster et al, Law as Culture, (Federation Press, Sydney: 1997) 384pp ISBN 1 86287 226 0.
  • Veronica Taylor, Asian Laws through Australian Eyes, (LBC, Sydney: 1997) 471pp ISBN 0 455 21443 3.
  • Veronica Taylor & K. Laster, Interpreters and the Legal System, (Federation Press, Sydney: 1994) 283pp ISBN 1 86287 130 2.
  • Veronica Taylor, Japan Business Law Guide (Veronica Taylor ed., CCH Singapore 1988).

Book Chapters

  • Veronic L. Taylor, Navigating Law's "Asian Century, in Legal Innovations in Asia: Judicial Lawmaking and the Influence of Comparative Law 22-47 (John O. Haley & Toshiko Takenaka eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014).
  • Veronica L. Taylor, Globalization and Japanese Regulation: a Commercial Dispute Case Study in Regulation, in Regulation in Asia: Pushing Back on Globalization 213-37 (John Gillespie & Randall Peerenboom, eds., Routledge 2009).
  • The Legal and Regulatory Environment for Business in Post-Reform Indonesia’ in Pitman Potter (Ed) Business Law in Asia Lexis/Nexis Canada/Butterworths (2008)
  • Legal Education as Development’ Stacey Steele (Ed) Legal Education in Asia (working title.) (Routledge, in press)
  • Veronica Taylor, Dollars to Donuts: Japanese Courts and Corporate Accountability, in New Courts in Asia 391-420 (Pip Nicholson & Andrew Harding, eds., Routledge 2010).
  • Veronica L. Taylor, The Rule of Law Project Bazaar, in Rule of Law Promotion: Global Perspectives, Local Applications 325-58 (Per Bergling, Jenny Ederlöf & Veronica L. Taylor, eds., Iustus 2009).
  • ’Rule of Law Assistance Discourse and Practice: Japanese Inflections’ in Amanda Perry Kessaris (Ed), Justice, Power, Law, RoutledgeCurzon (in press)
  • Veronica Taylor & Uchida Takashi, Law in Japan: A Turning Point (D. Foote ed., U. Wash. Press 2007).
  • Veronica Taylor, "The Law Reform Olympics: Measuring Technical Legal Assistance in Transition Economies," in Law Reform in Developing and Transitional States (T. Lindsey ed., Routledge, 2007).
  • Veronica Taylor, "The Cultures of Dispute Resolution in Asia in M. Pryles" (ed.) Dispute Resolution in Asia (1997, Kluwer) (with M Pryles) 1-28 (rewritten for 3rd edition, 2006).
  • Veronica Taylor & J.O. Haley, “Rule of Law in Japan,” in Discourses on Rule of Law in Asia, (R. Peerenboom ed., Routledge Curzon 2004).
  • Veronica Taylor, “Re-regulating Japanese Transactions: the Competition Law Dimension,” in Japanese Governance: Beyond Japan Inc (Peter Drysdale & Jennifer Amyx eds., Routledge Curzon 2003).
  • Veronica Taylor, “Corruption and Legal Professions in Asia,” in Corruption in Asia (Tim Lindsey & Howard Dick eds., Federation Press 2002).
  • Veronica Taylor, “Rethinking Indonesian Insolvency Reform: Contexts and Frameworks,” in Commercial Law Reform in Indonesia (Tim Lindsey ed., Federation Press 2001).

Professional Publications

  • Veronica Taylor, The Ethics of Legal Development Assistance, 8 AjikenWorld Trends 16-21 (2007).

Other Publications

  • Editorial Board, Law, Governance and Development, Leiden University, Netherlands (Monograph Series)
  • Veronica Taylor & Tom Ginsburg, Law and Development weblog.
  • Veronica Taylor, T. Lindsey, and B. Hooker, Australian Journal of Asian Law, founding editors.
  • Veronica Taylor & D. Clarke, Asian Law Abstracts.
  • Veronica Taylor, The Law Reform Olympics: Measuring the Effects of Law Reform in Transition Economies (January 15, 2005). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=893682.
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  • "{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Calibri;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 12.0.6211.1000;}\viewkind4\uc1 \pard\f0\fs22\lquote Practical Challenges in Technical Legal Assistance\rquote , Nagoya University, Faculty of Law, June 18, 2008\cf1\f1\par }," (June 19, 2008)
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  • "{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fprq2\fcharset0 Calibri;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} {\*\generator Riched20 12.0.6211.1000;}\viewkind4\uc1 \pard\nowidctlpar\f0\fs22\lquote Reinventing Japanese Courts\rquote for Panel on Judiciaries as Catalysts of Change, Law and Society Association Conference Montreal, June 2008\par \pard\cf1\f1\par }," (June 1, 2008)
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