Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction and Overview: Japanese Law at a Turning Point xix
5. Part I The Legal System and the Law’s Processes 1
6. Introduction 3
7. 1 New Knowledge Concerning Japan’s Legal System before 1868, Acquired from Japanese Sources by Western Writers since 1963 7
8. 2 Criminal Trials in the Early Meiji Era—with Particular Reference to the Ukagai/Shirei System 34
9. 3 Law, Culture, and Conflict: Dispute Resolution in Postwar Japan 50
10. 4 The Development of an Adversary System in Japanese Civil Procedure 80
11. 5 The Japanese Judiciary: Maintaining Integrity, Autonomy, and the Public Trust 99
12. 6 The Rise of the Large Japanese Business Law Firm and Its Prospects for the Future 136
13. 7 The Legislative Dynamic: Evidence from the Deregulation of Financial Services in Japan 153
14. 8 Legal Education 190
15. Part II The Individual, The State, and the Law
16. Introduction 233
17. 9 Ongoing Changes in the Infrastructure of a Constitutional System: From “Bureaucracy” to Democracy 237
18. 10 The Constitution of Japan “Pacifism” and Mass Media Freedom 257
19. 11 Development of the Concepts of Transparency and Accountability in Japanese Administrative Law 276
20. 12 The Politics of Transparency in Japanese Administrative Law 304
21. 13 The Development of Criminal Law in Japan since 1961 312
22. 14 Globalization and Japanese Criminal Law 334
23. 15 Criminal Justice in Japan 343
24. 16 Litigation, Administrative Relief, and Political Settlement for Pollution Victim Compensation: Minamata Mercury Poisoning after Fifty Years 384
25. 17 Medical Error, Deception, Self-Critical Analysis, and Law’s Impact: A Comparative Examination 404
26. Part III The Law and the Economy
27. Introduction 433
28. 18 Reexamining Legal Transplants: The Director’s Fiduciary Duty in Japanese Corporate Law 437
29. 19 Japan’s “Era of Contract” 454
30. 20 From Security to Mobility? Changing Aspects of Japanese Dismissal Law 483
31. 21 Concentrated Power: The Paradox of Antitrust in Japan 521
32. 22 The Changing Roles of the Patent Office: and the Courts after Fujitsu/TI 555
33. 23 The Reform of the Japanese Tax System in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century and into the Twenty-first Century 564
34. 24 Some Observations on the Japanese Tax System at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century 583
35. 25 Insolvency Law for a New Century: Japan’s Revised Framework for Economic Failures 589
36. Appendix A Dan Fenno Henderson: A Tribute 623
37. Appendix B Selected Writings of Dan Fenno Henderson 631
38. Contributors 639
39. Index 643