The Spirit of Japanese Law
The Spirit of Japanese Law

Author: John Owen Haley

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0820328871

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The Spirit of Japanese Law focuses on the century following the Meiji Constitution, Japan's initial reception of continental European law. As John Owen Haley traces the features of contemporary Japanese law and its principal actors, distinctive patterns emerge. Of these none is more ubiquitous than what he refers to as the law's "communitarian orientation." While most westerners may view judges as Japanese law's least significant actors, Haley argues that they have the last word because their interpretations of constitution and codes define the authority and powers they and others hold. Based on a "sense of society," the judiciary confirms bonds of village, family, and firm, and "abuse of rights" and "good faith" similarly affirms community. The Spirit of Japanese Law concludes with constitutional cases that help explain the endurance of community in contemporary Japan.

Japanese Law
Japanese Law

Author: Hiroshi Oda

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2009-04-16

Total Pages: 1443

ISBN-13: 019101883X

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This book presents the only English language, up-to-date, and comprehensive reference to Japanese law. It covers a wide range of topics, from the fundamentals of the Japanese legal system, to the Civil Code which is the cornerstone of private law in Japan and business related laws in a comprehensive manner. The author presents the current state of Japanese law in operation by referring to numerous cases and the latest discussions. Since the last edition in 1999, Japanese Law, in almost every area, has undergone substantial reform, all of which is reflected in the new text. In particular, the new edition contains the first comprehensive analysis of the new Company Law and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. This makes this book an essential reference work for all who have an interest in Japanese law.

Japanese Law
Japanese Law

Author: J. Mark Ramseyer

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2000-11-15

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780226703855

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In this introduction to Japanese law, J. Mark Ramseyer and Minoru Nakazato combine an economic approach with a clear and often amusing account of the law itself to challenge commonly held ideas about the law. Arguing against such things as the assumption that Japanese law differs from law in the United States and the idea that law plays only a trivial role in Japan or is culturally determined, this book will be recognized as a major contribution to the understanding of Japanese law. "A compelling economic analysis. . . . This book remains one of the few concerning Japanese law that successfully brings to life the legal culture of Japan." —Bonnie L. Dixon, New York Law Journal

History Of Law In Japan Since 1868
History Of Law In Japan Since 1868

Author: Wilhelm Röhl

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 858

ISBN-13: 9004131647

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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.

Lectures on Japanese Law from a Comparative Perspective
Lectures on Japanese Law from a Comparative Perspective

Author: Luis Pedriza

Publisher: 大阪大学出版会

Published: 2017-10

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9784872596052

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外国人研究者の視点から、日本法の歴史的形成・発展や現代法の構造や制度を英語で解説。外国人学習者・研究者に最適なテキスト。

Japanese Law
Japanese Law

Author: J. Mark Ramseyer

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1999-02-02

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780226703848

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In this clear and very readable introduction to Japanese law, J. Mark Ramseyer and Minoru Nakazato employ an economic approach to challenge commonly held ideas about the Japanese legal system. While many studies assume that Japanese law differs fundamentally from the law in the United States, this work shows the essential similarity between the two. Arguing against the idea that law plays only a trivial role in Japan or is culturally determined, the authors demonstrate that standard economic models go far to explain why Japanese law has the shape it does.

Japanese Maritime Security and Law of the Sea
Japanese Maritime Security and Law of the Sea

Author: Yurika Ishii

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-12-20

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 9004500413

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Japan, the geopolitical lynchpin in the East Asian region, has developed a unique maritime security policy and interpretation of the law of the sea. Japanese Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea examines Japan’s domestic laws and its approach to international law.

Japanese Design Law and Practice
Japanese Design Law and Practice

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9789403506418

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Japanese Design Law and Practice' is the only book in English that provides a detailed overview and discussion of product design protection and practice under Japanese law. Japan is a significant hub of product design, and Japanese designs have made their mark in the world across a wide range of industries. The book features an analysis of the design law (including the far-reaching 2020 amendments) and how it has been applied by Japanese courts and the Japan Patent Office. A unique feature of the book is that it includes not only an examination of the design law by legal experts but also a discussion of design protection from the perspective of Japanese designers.

Second-Best Justice
Second-Best Justice

Author: J. Mark Ramseyer

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 022628204X

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It’s long been known that Japanese file fewer lawsuits per capita than Americans do. Yet explanations for the difference have tended to be partial and unconvincing, ranging from circular arguments about Japanese culture to suggestions that the slow-moving Japanese court system acts as a deterrent. With Second-Best Justice, J. Mark Ramseyer offers a more compelling, better-grounded explanation: the low rate of lawsuits in Japan results not from distrust of a dysfunctional system but from trust in a system that works—that sorts and resolves disputes in such an overwhelmingly predictable pattern that opposing parties rarely find it worthwhile to push their dispute to trial. Using evidence from tort claims across many domains, Ramseyer reveals a court system designed not to find perfect justice, but to “make do”—to adopt strategies that are mostly right and that thereby resolve disputes quickly and economically. An eye-opening study of comparative law, Second-Best Justice will force a wholesale rethinking of the differences among alternative legal systems and their broader consequences for social welfare.