Law in Everyday Japan: Sex, Sumo, Suicide, and Statutes

by Mark D. West

Book Overview

Lawsuits are rare events in most people's lives. High-stakes cases are even less commonplace. Why is it, then, that scholarship about the Japanese legal system has focused almost exclusively on epic court battles, large-scale social issues, and corporate governance? Mark D. West's Law in Everyday Japan fills a void in our understanding of the relationship between law and social life in Japan by shifting the focus to cases more representative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226894037
• ISBN13: 9780226894034
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"