Leniency in Asian Competition Law

Part I. Introduction: 1. Leniency in Asian Competition Law Steven Van Uytsel, Mark Fenwick and Yoshiteru Uemura; Part II. Leniency In Historical, International and Theoretical Context: 2. The Development of the Leniency Programmes of the US Department of Justice and the European Commission Baskaran Balasingham; 3. International Guidelines and Best Practices on Leniency Programmes: Decontextualised Summaries of Local Practices Steven Van Uytsel; 4. Situating Leniency Mark Fenwick; Part III. Leniency Programmes In Selected Asian Jurisdictions: 5. The Original Leniency Programme of Japan: Law Making in the Shadow of Lobbying, Political Pressure and Legal Constraints Steven Van Uytsel; 6. Negotiated Leniency in Japan Embedded in Ever Increasing Sanctions: A Deterrence Perspective Steven Van Uytsel and Yoshiteru Uemura; 7. The Law and Policy on Cartels and Leniency in Korea Yo Sop Choi; 8. The Leniency Programme in Taiwan: Enforcement Experience, Effectiveness Assessment, and Future Challenges Andy C. M. Chen; 9. The State Administration for Market Regulation and its Leniency Programme: Infusing a Dose of Trust and Predictability Ying Bi and Steven Van Uytsel; 10. Leniency Policy in Singapore Scott Clements and Daren Shiau; 11. The Leniency Programme in Malaysia's Competition Regime: A Critical Evaluation Cassey Lee; 12. Hong Kong's Revised Leniency Policy and its Potential to Deter Cartels Sandra Marco Colino; 13. The Leniency Programme under the Indian Competition Law Nikita Koradia, Kiran Manokaran and Juhi Hirani; 14. Cartel Defection in the Philippines Through Leniency: Incentives Jeopardised by Discretionary Decision Making Power Alizedney M. Ditucalan and Steven Van Uytsel; 15. The Absence of a Leniency Programme in Thai Competition Law Ploykaew Porananond; Part IV. Concluding Remarks: 16. Leniency Programmes in Asia: Convergence, Divergence and Distinctiveness Steven Van Uytsel, Mark Fenwick and Yoshiteru Uemura; Bibliography; Index.