Global Networks or Japanese Law

Global Networks

Author: Robert J Holton

Global network research is an exciting new area of social analysis. This book is the first to provide a thorough investigation of global network links across time and space. Robert Holton demonstrates the way in which technological and interpersonal networks organise global society, providing vivid examples from the present and the past. This text gives practical advice on how to research global networks, and brings together leading theory and new evidence on the subject for all students learning about globalisation and contemporary social change.

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Japanese Law: An Economic Approach

Author: J Mark Ramseyer

In this introduction to Japanese law, J. Mark Ramseyer and Minoru Nakazato combine an economic approach with a clear and often amusing account of the law itself to challenge commonly held ideas about the law. Arguing against such things as the assumption that Japanese law differs from law in the United States and the idea that law plays only a trivial role in Japan or is culturally determined, this book will be recognized as a major contribution to the understanding of Japanese law.
"A compelling economic analysis. . . . This book remains one of the few concerning Japanese law that successfully brings to life the legal culture of Japan." —Bonnie L. Dixon, New York Law Journal

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The authors have demonstrated the utility of the economic approach to analysis of the law and legal system of countries around the world. The approach reveals inefficiencies and can contribute to legal reform. The book proves its premise that Japanese law closely matches that of the United States and that the remaining differences are due to institutional variation.

What People Are Saying

Richard A. Posner
This is a model work of comparative law and legal sociology. It renders the Japanese legal system with great vividness, in terms that European and American lawyers can understand, yet without concealing the profound foreignness of the Japanese legal culture. It is fascinating and lucid, expert and scholarly—never dry.
— Richard A. Posner, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals

Table of Contents:

	List of Tables and Figures
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Caveats
	Exchange Rates
1	Introduction	1
2	Property	22
3	Contracts	43
4	Torts	75
5	Corporations	108
6	Civil Procedure	136
7	Criminal Law and Procedure	151
8	Administrative Law	191
9	Income Tax	220
	Notes	249
	Suggestions for Further Reading	289
	Table of Statutes	297
	Index	303