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Book SynopsisExplores various developments in Japanese law over the latter half of the twentieth century. This book features the work of thirty-five legal experts on various fields of Japanese law, with attention to the areas of environmental law, health law, intellectual property, and insolvency.
Trade Review"Law in Japan distils and juxtaposes the work of some of the leading thinkers in Japanese law. The themes that emerge from this work are universal, making it—- like its 1963 predecessor—- an invaluable comparative resource."
* Australian Journal of Asian Law *
"Thanks to this book, and other recent publications, researchers interested in Japanese law are given the opportunity to learn about it, despite the fact that they are not fluent in Japanese language. This is a wide-scoped, merit-worthy work… They pursue answers in papers and reports written by Japanese scholars in the past, and grant due attention and respect to the reasoning and thoughts consolidated through the generations in order to carry on the strict and trustworthy legal and doctrinal training…. The book has thoroughly accomplished its purpose."
* The Journal of Experimental Agriculture *
"This book represents the most complete examination of modern Japanese law currently in print. Its wide-ranging subject matter makes it an essential book for scholars of Japanese or comparative law . . . . this book deserves a place on the bookshelves of those interested in broadening their understanding of the role of the law in the process of globalization."
* H-Net *
"This book is destined to become. . . the leading book on Japanese law for some time to come."
* Pacific Affairs *
"Daniel Foote has performed a major service. . . . Foote's present work succeed[s] in identifying key issues in most major areas of contemporary Japanese law, and it succinctly offers enough detail for novice and experienced readers alike to begin to assess the author's views on continuity versus change."
* Journal of Japanese Law *
"Simply a 'must-have' for every library with a serious collection of Western literature on Japanese law."
* Journal of Japanese Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
Introduction and Overview: Japanese Law at a Turning Point / Daniel H. Foote
Part I. The Legal System and the Law's Processes
1. New Knowledge Concerning Japan's Legal System before 1868, Acquired from Japanese Sources by Western Writers since 1963 / Carl Steenstrup
2. Criminal Trials in the Early Meiji Era - with Particular Reference to Ukagai / Shirei System / Nobuhiko Kasumi
3. Law, Culture, and Conflict: Dispute Resolution in Postwar Japan / Eric A. Feldman
4. The Development of an Adversary System in Japanese Civil Procedure / Yasuhei Taniguchi
5. The Japanese Judiciary: Maintaining Integrity, Autonomy, and the Public Trust / John O. Haley
6. The Rise of the Large Japanese Business Law Firm and Its Prospects for the Future / Yasuharu Nagashima and E. Anthony Zaloom
7. The Legislative Dynamic: Evidence from the Deregulation of Financial Services in Japan / Yoshiro Miwa and J. Mark Ramseyer
8. Legal Education / Kahei Rokumoto
Part II. The Individual, the State, and the Law
9. Ongoing Changes in the Infrastructure of a Constitutional System: From "Bureaucracy" to Democracy / Kazuyuki Takahashi
10. The Constitution of Japan: "Pacifism" and Mass Media Freedom / Lawrence W. Beer
11. Development of the Concepts of Transparency and Accountability in Japanese Administrative Law / Katsuya Uga
12. The Politics of Transparency in Japanese Administrative Law / Tom Ginsburg
13. The Development of Criminal Law in Japan since 1961 / Koya Matsuo
14. Globalization and Japanese Criminal Law / Joseph L. Hoffmann
15. Criminal Justice in Japan / David T. Johnson
16. Litigation, Administrative Relief, and Political Settlement for Pollution Victime Compensation: Minamata Mercury Poisoning after Fifty Years / Koichiro Kujikura
17. Medical Error, Deception, Self-Critical Analysis, and Law's Impact: A Comparative Examination / Robert B. Leflar
Part III. The Law and the Economy
18. Reexamining Legal Transplants: The Director's Fiduciary Duty in Japanese Corporate Law / Hideki Kanda and Curtis J. Milhaupt
19. Japan's "Era of Contract" / Takashi Uchida and Veronica L. Taylor
20. From Security to Mobility? Changing Aspects of Japanese Dismissal Law / Ryuichi Yamakawa
21. Concentrated Power: The Paradox of Antitrust in Japan / Harry First and Tadashi Shiraishi
22. The Changing Roles of the Patent Office and the Courts after Fijitsu / TI / Naoki Koizumi and Toshiko Takenaka
23. The Reform of the Japanese Tax System in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century and into the Twenty-first Century / Hiroshi Kaneko
24. Some Observations on the Japanese Tax System at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century / Christopher H. Hanna
25. Insolvency Law for a New Century: Japan's Revised Framework for Economic Failures / Kent Anderson and Makoto Ito
Appendix A
Dan Fenno Henderson: A Tribute / Daniel H. Foote
Appendix B
Selected Writings of Dan Fenno Henderson / Robert Britt
Contributors
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