THE CHANGING ROLE OF LAW IN JAPAN: EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLICY MAKING
Book ID/图书代码： 04289514B75701
English Summary/英文概要： The Changing Role of Law in Japan offers a comparative perspective on the changing role of law in East Asia, discussing issues such as society, cultural values, access to the legal system and judicial reform. This innovative book places Japan in the wider context, juxtaposed with Europe, rather than the US, for the first time. Parallel to Japan’s rise to economic prominence on the world scene in the 1960s, law and legal thinking in the country have become the focus for academic research in various respects. One recurring question has been how Japan managed to become one of the most important economic actors in the world, without the legal infrastructure usually associated with complex economic activities. This book addresses many current issues that illustrate important changes in Japanese society and its political and legal systems. The authors investigate fundamental questions about the precise role of law and the courts in Japan, and try to go beyond the classical paradigm that attributes the particularities of Japan to its unique culture or its exceptional position. The various contributions to this book all demonstrate the importance of challenging existing conceptions and revisiting them through meticulous socio-legal and empirical research. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology of law, international studies and those interested in a transnational approach to the legal framework. Graduate students dealing with law in Asia, intellectual property, patent law and competition law will also find much relevance in this interesting and stimulating book.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《日本法律的角色转变》提供了对东亚法律角色变化比较的视角，探讨了诸如社会，文化价值观，准入法律制度与司法改革等问题。这本创新书将日本置于一个更广阔的环境中，首次将其与欧洲并列而非美国。平行于日本在上世纪60年代在世界舞台上崛起的经济地位，法律和国家法律思维已成为各方面的学术研究的重点。一个反复出现的问题是日本如何成功地成为世界上最重要的经济主体之一，在没有通常与复杂的经济活动相关的法律基础设施的情况下。这本书提出了现下的许多问题来阐明在日本社会及政治法律体系所发生的重要变化。
作者探讨了关于日本法律及法院的确切作用的基本问题，并试图超越将日本的特殊性归于其独特的文化和其特殊的位置的经典范例。对于这本书所做出的不同的贡献都表明挑战现有观念的重要性，有必要通过细致的社会法律和实证研究来重新审视他们。这本书将会吸引法律社会学学者，国际研究以及那些对于跨国研究法律框架的方法感兴趣的人。研究生在处理亚洲的法律，知识产权法，专利法和竞争法时，也将会在这本有趣令人兴奋的书中找到更多的相关性。（LNL）
Awards/获奖情况：“文化在日本法律中运行的作用是社会法律研究最大的问题之一。讨论在介于一种文化决定论的简单看法及强调机构的更普遍做法间易于两极分化。这壮观的收集工作十分重视文化，在不同领域各有精通的贡献者引领之下。他向我们展示了司法制度是如何既塑造日本的法律文化，又被日本的法律文化所塑造。在超过10多年的改革之后，对于日本法律的一次最新的评估，这本书于那些对于了解法律文化感兴趣的人是一本必读书。”汤姆•金斯伯格，芝加哥大学法学院，美国。
’The role of culture in the operation of Japanese law is one of the great questions of sociolegal studies. Discussions tend to polarize, between a simplistic view of cultural determinism and a more universalist approach that emphasizes institutions. This superb collection, with a diverse and accomplished set of contributors, takes culture seriously. It shows how legal institutions have both shaped and been shaped by Japanese legal culture. A state-of-the art assessment of Japanese law after more than a decade of reforms, this book is a must for anyone interested in understanding legal culture more broadly.’ --- Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago Law School, US
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