"The Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) has conducted a three-year project titled Economic Cooperation and Legal Systems. In the first year (FY 2000), we established two domestic research committees: Committee on Law and Development in Economic and Social Development and Committee on Judicial Systems in Asia. The former has focused on the role of law in social and economic development and sought to establish a legal theoretical framework therefore." (Quoted from Paper)