Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945Taiwans modern legal system quite different from those of both traditional China and the Peoples Republic has evolved since the advent of Japanese rule in 1895. Japan has gradually adopted Western law during the 19th century and when it occupied Taiwan a frontier society composed of Han Chinese settlers its codes were instituted for the purpose of rapidly assimilating the Taiwanese people into Japanese society. Tay sheng Wangs comprehensive study lays