The Ritual of Rights in Japan
Subtitle: Law, Society, and Health Policy (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780521779647
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; Sociology, Social Studies; Politics / Current Events; Law and legislation; Government - Comparative; Patients; Law; Japan; Legal status, laws, etc; General; AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Legal status, laws, etc.--Japan; History / Japan; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.; Medical Law & Legislation; AIDS (Disease); Dead bodies (Law); Legal status, laws, etc.
First sentence: This book challenges the belief that the assertion of rights is fundamentally incompatible with Japanese legal, political, and social norms.