The Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal (APLPJ) is a web-based, American legal journal covering issues in Asia and the Pacific Rim. Our objectives are to disseminate legal research by law professors, legal practitioners, social scientists, economists, and students; to increase awareness of legal issues impacting the region and to provide a forum to discuss legal topics that fall within the Journal’s geographic scope. In addition to the web format, the journal is available through the legal databases LexisNexis.
APLPJ publishes articles, translations, book reviews, essays, case notes, and comments on current topics in comparative and transnational law focused on one or more of the following countries or geographic entities: Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region), East Timor, Fiji, Hawai‘i, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, North Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam.
2024 – 2025 Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
Executive Board & Staff Editors
Editors-in-Chief
Edward Stern
Jennifer E. Tse
Executive Editor
Paris K. Johnson
Managing Editor
Seok Jong “Peter” Lee
Publication Editors
Olivia Grodzka
Craig K. Okahara-Olsen
Senior Editors
Cara Rozzi
Jennifer Marie Hoshino
Tina Loos
Aiden Lee “Haumea” Velasco
Staff Editors
Angelia Silva
Katherine Pothier
Mara Morioka
Jemeih “Miah” Bonilla
Joshua Edington
Steven Manso
Aedrik Mabini
Courtnee Collins
Connor Lee
Travis Kon
Faculty Advisors
Troy Andrade
Mark A. Levin