Even though some serious doubts have been expressed about the use of the words “modern” and “tradition” in the study of contemporary law,

I believe that there is no reason to shun such useful terms, for the modern Western world is an undeniable fact and the aspiration of the Third World to modernize is also understandable.¹¹ The process of legal modernization of non-Western countries by Western law is truly a serious problem to us.