Law and social change in postwar Japan /

Law and social change in postwar Japan /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Upham, Frank K.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1987.
Description:	x, 269 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Justice, Administration of -- Japan -- History. Civil rights -- Japan -- History. Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- Japan. Industrial policy -- Japan -- History. Environmental policy -- Japan -- History. Civil rights. Environmental policy. Industrial policy. Justice, Administration of. Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation. Social conditions Japan. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/837947

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ISBN:	0674517865 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. [229]-262.

Table of Contents:

1. Models of Law and Social Change
Two Western Models
A Japanese Model
2. Environmental Tragedy and Response
Pollution in Minamata
The Choice of Tactics
The Government's Response
Historical and Social Context of the Pollution Experience
3. Instrumental Violence and the Struggle for Buraku Liberation
Development of the Buraku Liberation Movement
The Yata Denunciation
Denunciation Tactics in Court
The Theory and Effectiveness of Denunciation
Denunciation in Social and Political Context
4. Civil Rights Litigation and the Search for Equal Employment Opportunity
The Litigation Campaign
Impact of the Cases
The Social and Political Role of Civil Rights Litigation
5. Legal Informality and Industrial Policy
The Legal Framework of Industrial Policy
The Sumitomo Metals Incident
The Oil Cartel Cases
Industrial Policy in the 1980s
The Implications of Informality
6. Toward a New Perspective on Japanese Law
The Ideology of Law in Japanese Society
The Operation of Law in Japanese Society
American Images of Japanese Law
Notes
Index