Abstract:
Chao-chan Cheng is Professor, Sun Yat-sen Center for Policy Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung,
Taiwan, ROC. Known as Akira Harimoto, Dr. Cheng is a native of Taiwan and a naturalized Japanese
citizen. Abstract: Taiwan and Japan have faced similar environmental problems at
comparable stages in their economic development, and have passed through similar
stages in the development of their systems of environmental law. Three phases in the
development of environmental law making are distinguished: preparatoryf, ormative and
developed. This article compares the relative progress of Taiwan and Japan through
these stages, and suggests that Taiwan may benefit by studying Japan's analogous prior
experiences with pollution prevention and environmental law.
