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Part 1 Theorizing legal adaptation: towards a sociology of legaladaptation, David Nelken; what "legal transplants"?, Pierre Legrand; is therea logic of legal transplants?, Roger Cotterrell; some comments on Cotterrelland legal transplants, Lawrence Friedman; state formation and legal change -on the impact of international politics, Alex Jettinghoff; from globalizationof law to law under globalization, Wolf Heydebrand. Part 2 Case studies oflegal adaptation: the still-birth and re-birth or product liability in Japan,Luke Nottage; the empty space of the modern in Japanese law discourse, TakaoTanase; comparative law and legal transplantation in South East Asia, AndrewHarding; marketization, public service and universal service, Tony Prosser;the import and export of law and legal institutions - internationalstrategies in national palace wars, Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth; thevultures fly east - the creation and globalization of the distressed debtmarket, John Flood.