Title: Japanese family law in comparative perspective /
Authors: Scheiber, Harry N.; Mayali, Laurent.
Publisher: Robbins Collection Publications,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Domestic relations Japan
Contents: Introduction : the changing dimensions of family law / Laurent Mayali -- On the challenge of understanding family law and legal culture : legal culture and family law / Lawrence M. Friedman -- Can we predict the future of family law? / Rolf Nygren -- Tradition and innovation : Japanese law and policy : the constitution and the family in Japan / Shigenori Matsui -- Convergence from opposite directions? Characteristics of Japanese divorce law from a comparative perspective / Masayuki Murayama -- Divorce mediation in Japan : legalization, privatization, and unification / Aya Yamada -- Succession law and inheritance disputes in Japanese family court conciliation / Yasuhei Taniguchi in collaboration with Akiko Taniguchi -- Family law and its others / Vera Mackie -- Legal response to domestic violence in Japan / Yukiko Tsunoda -- Medically assisted reproduction and family law in Japan / Michiko Ishii -- Comparative studies in family law : secularization, liberalization, and modernization : family law in scandinavian welfare states in the 1960s/1970s / Kjell ü. Moder -- Recent developments in Italian family law on marriage, partnerships, and parenthood : an overview and some comparative remarks / Erica Palmerini.