The changing role of law in Japan
Subtitle: empirical studies in culture, society and policy making
By: edited by Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Jeroen Maesschalck, David Nelken, Stephan Parmentier
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cheltenam, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781783475643
Subjects: Law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The changing role of law in Japan: empirical studies in culture, society and policy making: an introduction / Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Jeroen Maesschalck, Stephan Parmentier and David Nelken; title: Legal culture and social change / David Nelken; title: State-society synergies in western and Japanese economic and judicial reform / Volkmar Gessner; title: Law, culture and society in modernizing Japan / Ichiro Ozaki; title: Reforms of the judiciary in Japan at the start of the twenty-first century: initial assessment o an ongoing process / Dimitri Vanoverbeke and Takao Suami; title: Law in a changing economy: law of trade credit and security interests in context / Souichiro Kozuka; title: Towards an understanding of the 'Japanese' way of dispute resolution: how is it different from the West? / Hiroshi Takahashi; title: Between 'benevolent paternalism' and genbatsuka: diversity in Japanese criminal justice / Erki Herber; title: Regulatory enforcement of environmental law in Japan: an analysis of the implementation of the Water Pollution Control Act / Ayako Hirata; title: Access to attorneys in Japan and judicial reform / Ryo Hamano; title: Institutional change and judicial review in contemporary Japan / Tsukasa Mihira; title: Cuture, situation and behaviour / Masayuki Murayama; title: What keeps plantiffs away from the court? An analysis of antitrust litigation in Japan, Europe and the US / Simon Vande Walle; title: Revisiting Japanese exceptionalism within the context of 'dynamic patent governance': a comparative analysis of the Japnese and European patent system / Esther van Zimmeren; title: Rule of law and human rights in the context of the EU-Japan relationship: are both the Eu and Japan really sharing the same values? / Takao Suami.