Law and Culture in Japan - Institutions, Justice, and Media

Volume 30 of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance brings together scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds to discuss a variety of aspects and developments related to law and culture in contemporary Japan.

About the author

Mathieu Deflem is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, USA. His research and teaching interests include law, social control, popular culture, and sociological theory, areas in which he has published widely.
Hiroshi Takahashi is Professor in the Graduate School of Law at Kobe University, Japan. His specialties include socio-legal studies, alternative dispute resolution, the legal profession, and the history of judicial statistics.
Dimitri Vanoverbeke is Professor in the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics at The University of Tokyo, Japan. He specializes in the sociology of law and the participation of lay citizens in the criminal procedure in modern and contemporary Japan.
Jason G. Karlin is Professor in Interdisciplinary Information Studies at The University of Tokyo, Japan. He specializes in media and cultural studies and has published extensively on celebrity culture in Japan.

Summary

Volume 30 of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance brings together scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds to discuss a variety of aspects and developments related to law and culture in contemporary Japan.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mathieu Deflem (Editor), Mathieu (University of South Carolina Deflem (Editor), Jason G. Karlin (Editor), Jason G. (The University of Tokyo Karlin (Editor), Hiroshi Takahashi (Editor), Hiroshi (Kobe University Takahashi (Editor), Dimitri Vanoverbeke (Editor), Dimitri (The University of Tokyo Vanoverbeke (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.06.2025
• EAN: 9781836088691
• ISBN: 978-1-83608-869-1
• No. of pages: 255
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories