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  • Law, Labour and Society in Japanby Anthony Woodiwiss

    Routledge 1991; US$ 195.00

    This book traces the development of Japanese labour law and shows how labour law has been related to the prevailing social, economic and political circumstances. more...

  • Right to Life in Japanby Noel Williams

    Routledge 1997; US$ 195.00

    The 1947 Constitution confers on Japanese citizens the 'right to life'. Williams examines the meaning of this right, discussing abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment and 'karoshi' - death through overwork. more...

  • Japan's Contested Constitutionby Glenn D. Hook; Gavan McCormack

    Routledge 2001; US$ 63.95

    Japan's Contested Constitution is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Japanese domestic politics and the international role of Japan. more...

  • The Ritual of Rights in Japanby Eric A. Feldman; Chris Arup; Martin Chanock; Pat O'Malley; Sally Engle Merry; Susan Silbey

    Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 33.00

    The Ritual of Rights in Japan rejects the traditional view that Japan is a nation where overt conflict and the assertion of rights are unacceptable. It examines both historical events and contemporary policy, in concluding that rights-based conflict is an important part of Japanese legal, political, and social practice. more...

  • The Japanese Way of Justiceby David T. Johnson

    Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 95.00

    Criminal proceedings in which people can lose life, liberty, or reputation tell us a great deal about the character of any society. In Japan, it is prosecutors who wield the greatest control over these values and who therefore reveal most clearly the character of the Japanese way of justice. In this book, David T. Johnson portrays Japanese prosecutors at work; the social, political, and legal contexts that enable and constrain their actions; and the content of the justice thereby delivered. Johnson is the first researcher, Japanese or foreign, to gain access to the frontline prosecutors who charge cases and the backstage prosecutors who manage and direct them. He shows that prosecutors in Japan frequently harmonize to imperlatives of justice... more...

  • The changing postwar international legal regimeby W. Tsutsui

    BRILL 2002; US$ 141.00

    In view of the practices of World War II, international society could no longer be under the principles of traditional international law. This work provides a comprehensive treatment of the development of international law and its influence on international relations. more...

  • History of Law in Japan since 1868by Wilhelm Röhl

    BRILL 2004; US$ 340.00

    A careful analysis of Japan?s dealings with its legal system through a time of unprecedented change (1868- 1960). A must for scholars of Japanese studies, historians and jurists alike. more...

  • Corporate Governance in the 21st Centuryby L. Nottage; L. Wolff; K. Anderson

    Edward Elgar Publishing 2008; US$ 40.00

    Argues that a more complex 'gradual transformation' is unfolding in Japan - a process evident in many other post-industrial economies. This book includes chapters on comparative corporate governance theory and methodology, lifelong employment, the main bank system, board structures, and governance issues in small and medium-sized enterprises. more...

  • Intellectual Property and the New Global Japanese Economyby Ruth Taplin

    Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 145.00

    This book examines how intellectual property (IP) is used in Japan, and how in recent years it has developed a new approach to IP, borrowed from the US and Europe, stressing the importance of innovation, to revitalise the Japanese economy from the stagnation and deflation that characterised the 1990s. more...

  • Measuring Judicial Independenceby J. Mark Ramseyer; Eric B. Rasmusen

    University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 42.00

    The role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election raised questions in the minds of many Americans about the relationships between judges and political influence; the following years saw equally heated debates over the appropriate role of political ideology in selecting federal judges. Legal scholars have always debated these questions—asking, in effect, how much judicial systems operate on merit and principle and how much they are shaped by politics. The Japanese Constitution, like many others, requires that all judges be "independent in the exercise of their conscience and bound only by this Constitution and its laws." Consistent with this requirement, Japanese courts have long enjoyed a reputation... more...