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