The New Japanese Civil Code: As Material for the Study of Comparative Jurisrudence; A Paper Read at the International Congress of Arts and Science, at ... Saint Louis 1904 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Nobushige Hozumi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1528075366 ISBN 13: 9781528075367

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Explore how a modern civil code shapes family, property, and foreigners in Japan

This concise study surveys the evolution of Japan’s Civil Code and the unique mix of house-based kinship and legal structures it preserves. It contrasts indigenous roots with Western ideas on succession and property, and it explains how foreigners gain equal private rights under the new law.

Readers will see how house-heads and house-members interact, how succession changes over time, and why inter vivos and mortis causes of succession matter in Japanese family law. The excerpt also explains how foreigners move from enmity to equality in the law, and how the code treats foreign persons and juridical entities.

• How the house and kinship system operates, including the roles of koshu (house-head) and kazoku (house-members).
• The shift from exclusive house-property to separate property and its implications for inheritance and liability.
• Different forms of abdication of house-headship and the conditions that allow it, including age, health, and political or legal reasons.
• How Japan’s Civil Code addresses foreigners’ private rights and the move toward equality under law.

Ideal for readers of comparative law, legal history, and anyone interested in how Japan’s early 20th‑century reforms shaped modern family and property rules.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1528075366
• ISBN 13: 9781528075367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 79