Japanese family law in comparative perspective
By: edited by Harry N. Scheiber and Laurent Mayali.
Contributors: Scheiber, Harry N.; Mayali, Laurent.
Series: Studies in comparative legal history
Publisher: Robbins Collection Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781882239191
Subjects: Domestic relations -- Japan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Laurent Mayali; title: On the challenge of understanding family law and legal culture : legal culture and family law / Lawrence M. Friedman; title: Can we predict the future of family law? / Rolf Nygren; title: Tradition and innovation : Japanese law and policy : The constitution and the family in Japan / Shigenori Matsui; title: Convergence from opposite directions? : characteristics of Japanese divorce law from a comparative perspective / Masayuki Murayama; title: Divorce mediation in Japan : legalization, privatization, and unification / Aya Yamada; title: Succession law and inheritance disputes in Japanese family court conciliation / Yasuhei Taniguchi in collaboration with Akiko Taniguchi; title: Family law and its others / Vera Mackie; title: Legal response to domestic violence in Japan / Yukiko Tsunoda; title: Medically assisted reproduction and family law in Japan / Michiko Ishii; title: Comparative studies in family law : secularization, liberalization, and modernization : family law in scandinavian welfare states in the 1960s/1970s / Kjell ü. Moder; title: Recent developments in Italian family law on marriage, partnerships, and parenthood : an overview and some comparative remarks / Erica Palmerini; title: Migration and fundamental right to respect for family life under the ECHR and EU law / Ioannis G. Dimitrakopoulos; title: Issues in contemporary Chinese family law : media and field evidence / Paul G. Pickowicz; title: Legal barriers in the educational experiences of Mexican origin students in the United States / Harriett Romo and Carlos Romo; title: From fathers' property to children's rights : the long strange journey of the best interests of the child / Mary Ann Mason; title: Tax and the family : the gendered impact of rules that take spousal status into account for tax purposes / Claire F. L. Young.