History of law in Japan since 1868 / edited by Wilhelm Roḧl.

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill Academic Publishers, 2004

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Law -- Japan.

Law -- Japan -- History.

Prefatory notice

1. Generalities: 1.1 Periods of development

1.2 The scope of Japanese law

1.3 Types of rules and promulgation

1.4 Foreign influences

2. Public law: 2.1 Constitutional law

2.2 Administrative law

3. Civil code: 3.1 General provision

3.2 Property law - real rights

3.3 Law of obligations

3.4 Family law

3.5 Law of succession

4. Commercial and corporate law in Japan: 4.1 Introduction

4.2 The early years (1868-1899)

4.3 Rise and fall (1900 - 1945)

4.4 Reconstruction and economic miracle (1946 - 1980s)

4.5 The structural crisis of the 1990s - some afterthoughts

5. Intellectual property and anti-trust: 5.0 Literature (general)

5.1 Inventive activity, intellectual property, and industrial policy

5.2 Patent law

5.3 Utility model law

5.4 Design law

5.5 Trade mark law

5.6 Unfair competition law

5.7 Copyright law

5.8 Anti-trust law

6. Labour law: 6.1 Pre world war II development

6.2 Labour legislation and development after WW II

7. Social law: 7.1 A short historical reminiscence

7.2 Social security/insurance law

7.3 Social welfare law

8. Penal law

9. Procedural law: 9.1 Administrative litigation and administrative procedure law

9.2 Law of civil procedure

9.3 Law of criminal procedure

9.4 The courts of law

10. Legal education and legal profession: 10.1 Legal education --10.2 The judge

10.3 The public prosecutor

10.4 The lawyer --10.5 Notes on the staff of the ministry of justice

Index.

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