History of Law in Japan Since 1868

This handbook volume traces the development of Japan's feudal legal system into that of a modern type of a state, covering the period from the beginning of modernization in1886 to the end of the Pacific War, and, beyond that, the period of reorientation (1945-1950) and thereafter.
Each author follows closely the development of a main branch of the legal system, describing the path of a legal institution progressing through a semi-feudalistic period, the introduction of western views, as well as the coexistence and mixture of essentially Japanese and European or American notions at the same time.
A careful analysis of Japan's dealings with its legal system through a time of unprecedented change, and therefore a must for historians and jurists alike.

Product details

• Assisted by: Wilhelm Röhl (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2004
• EAN: 9789004131644
• ISBN: 978-90-04-13164-4
• No. of pages: 860
• Weight: 1647 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
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