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Law in Everyday Japan: Sex, Sumo, Suicide, and Statutes Paperback - 2005
by West, Mark D
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- Title Law in Everyday Japan: Sex, Sumo, Suicide, and Statutes
- Author West, Mark D
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Condition New
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 2005-08-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0226894037
- ISBN 9780226894034 / 0226894037
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 8.92 x 5.94 x 0.9 in (22.66 x 15.09 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Law and economics, Sociological jurisprudence
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004024386
- Dewey Decimal Code 349.52
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From the rear cover
Lawsuits are rare events in most people's lives. High-stakes cases are even less commonplace. Why is it, then, that scholarship about the Japanese legal system has focused almost exclusively on epic court battles, large-scale social issues, and corporate governance? Mark D. West's Law in Everyday Japan fills a void in our understanding of the relationship between law and social life in Japan by shifting the focus to cases more representative of everyday Japanese life. Compiling case studies based on seven fascinating themes--karaoke-based noise complaints, sumo wrestling, love hotels, post-Kobe earthquake condominium reconstruction, lost-and-found outcomes, working hours, and debt-induced suicide--Law in Everyday Japan offers a vibrant portrait of the way law intermingles with social norms, historically ingrained ideas, and cultural mores in Japan. Each example is informed by extensive fieldwork. West interviews all of the participants-from judges and lawyers to defendants, plaintiffs, and their families-to uncover an everyday Japan where law matters, albeit in very surprising ways.