History Of Law In Japan Since 1868 (Handbook Of Oriental Studies Section Five (Japan), 12) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004131647 ISBN 13: 9789004131644

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2004

Synopsis

This handbook volume traces the development of Japan's feudal legal system into that of a modern type of a state, covering the period from the beginning of modernization in1886 to the end of the Pacific War, and, beyond that, the period of reorientation (1945-1950) and thereafter.
Each author follows closely the development of a main branch of the legal system, describing the path of a legal institution progressing through a semi-feudalistic period, the introduction of western views, as well as the coexistence and mixture of essentially Japanese and European or American notions at the same time.
A careful analysis of Japan's dealings with its legal system through a time of unprecedented change, and therefore a must for historians and jurists alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Wilhelm Röhl, LL.D. (1950), Ph.D. (1955) in Japanology, University of Hamburg, was jurist in various positions, and has retired. He has published extensively on Japanese legal history, pre-modern law in particular.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 9004131647
• ISBN 13: 9789004131644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 848
• Editor: Rohl Wilhelm