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详细
This book offers an up-to-date and comprehensive reference to Japanese law with a primary focus on private law, including commercial and business-related laws such as corporate law, contract law, and competition law. It also covers a wide range of related topics, such as the protection of human rights, systems of dispute settlement, and criminal law and procedure.
Fully updated and revised, this fourth edition expands on the major reforms and substantial changes Japanese law has gone through since the 1990s and analyses the successes and failures of implemented changes in light of developments since the third edition (2009), by referring to new amendments, judgements, and Supreme Court cases. Providing clear guidance and detailed analysis to help demystify Japanese law, this book is an essential reference work for all who have an interest in Japanese law.
Key Features
- Contains the latest updates of Japanese commercial law and business-related laws
- Extensively examines case law, a significant part of Japanese law
- Demystifies Japanese law and gives insight into the way law functions in Japan
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Introduction
I. The Basis of the System
1: The History of Modern Japanese Law
2: The Sources of Law
3: The Administration of Justice
4: The Legal Profession
5: The Protection of Human Rights
II. The Civil Code - The Cornerstone of Private Law
6: General Rules and Institutions of Private Law
7: Law of Obligations and Contracts
8: Property Law
9: Law of Torts
10: Family Law and Inheritance
III. Business-Related Laws
11: Corporate Law
12: Insolvency Law
13: Security Law (the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law)
14: Anti-Monopoly Law
15: Intellectual Property Law
16: Labour Law
IV. Other Laws
17: Civil Procedure
18: Criminal Law and Procedure
19: International Relations
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Hiroshi Oda, Sir Ernest Satow Professor of Japanese Law at University College, London and a Professor of Law at the College d'Europe, Brugge.
Hiroshi Oda is the Sir Ernest Satow Professor of Japanese Law at the University of London (University College), a professor of the College d'Europe (Brugge), and consultant to Herbert Smith, solicitors. He is a graduate of the Law Faculty of the University of Tokyo, held a chair of Soviet Law there and was granted a LL.D before moving to London. He has held various visiting positions including visiting professorship at Cornell Law School (US). He is also a qualified attorney in Japan and practises Japanese and Russian law in London and Tokyo.
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Review(s) from previous edition
"successful in offering a clear, readable and structured account ... - International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 50, Oct 2001
"this book is certain to give balanced and intelligent grounding to the uninitiated, and food for further exploration to the enthusiast. Professor Oda's historical awareness makes of an introductory legal text a genuinely delightful read." - Irish Jurist 35 (2000)
"a classic for jurist and Western comparative lawyers" - Xavier Blanc-Jouvan, Revue Internationale de Droit Compare
