Going to court to change Japan : social movements and the law in contemporary Japan /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2014.
Description:viii, 187 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; number 77
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 77.
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10488488
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:Steinhoff, Patricia G., 1941- editor.
ISBN:9781929280834 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1929280831 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781929280841 (ebook : alk. paper)
192928084X (ebook : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Patricia G. Steinhoff
  • No helmets in court, no t-shirts on death row : new left trial support groups / Patricia G. Steinhoff
  • Karōshi activism and recent trends in Japanese civil society : creating credible knowledge and culture / Scott North
  • Courting justice, contesting "bureaucratic informality" : the Sayama case and the evolution of Buraku liberation politics / John H. Davis, Jr.
  • Becoming unforgettable : leveraging law for labor in struggles for employment security / Christena Turner
  • Suing for redress : Japanese consumer organizations and the courts / Patricia L. Maclachlan
  • No voice in the courtroom : deaf legal cases in the 1960s / Karen Nakamura
  • Cause lawyering in Japan : reflections on the case studies and justice reform / Daniel H. Foote.