| in the Asia region the enlargement of judicial power is farfetched. Most countries in the Asia region have a relatively weak judiciary, resulting from continuous executive interference, despite constitutional guarantee on judicial independence. The subjection syndrome caught the attention of the Law Association for Asia and Western Pacific (LAWASIA). Persistent meeting for Asian judges was organized by LAWASIA, known as the Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific. The task of the meeting is to discern the underpinning feature of judicial independence. The first conference was held in 1991, and the work continued at the 1993 and 1995 Conferences. Then, at the 1997 Conference in Beijing, China, the "Beijing Statement of Principles of the Independence of the Judiciary in the LAWASIA Region" was adopted. It now has been signed by thirty-two chief justices throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The contents of the statement show the commitment of the CJs in defending the independence of the judiciary. However due to fundamental definitional dilemma the effort become inconsequential. |