1. The Internal Control of a Bureaucratic Judiciary: The Case of Japan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Professional Actors in the Legal System
6. Introduction 11
7. 1. The Internal Control of a Bureaucratic Judiciary: The Case of Japan 19
8. 2. Mutual Bonds: Media Frames and the Israeli High Court of Justice 27
9. 3. Law, Lawyers, and Legal Practice in Silicon Valley: A Preliminary Report 36
10. 4. Advocating Democracy: The Role of Lawyers in Taiwan’s Political Transformation 45
11. 5. Legal Education in Late Twentieth-Century Latin America 56
12. Part II. Criminal Justice
13. Introduction 67
14. 6. Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe 71
15. 7. The Benevolent Paternalism of Japanese Criminal Justice 84
16. 8. Plea Bargaining and Plea Negotiation in England 102
17. Part III. Legal Culture and Legal Structure
18. Introduction 117
19. 9. The Tuna Court: Law and Norms in the World’s Premier Fish Market 122
20. 10. The Legal Cultures of Europe 132
21. 11. Between Law and Culture: Rwanda’s Gacaca and Postcolonial Legality 143
22. 12. Legal Cultures in the (UN)Rule of Law: Indigenous Rights and Juridification in Guatemala 152
23. 13. The Transformation of Constitutional Discourse and the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America 159
24. Part IV. Litigation and Dispute Resolution
25. Introduction 171
26. 14. Commercial Relations, Contract, and Litigation in Denmark: A Discussion of Macaulay’s Theories 178
27. 15. Creating People’s Justice: Street Committees and People’s Courts in a South African City 187
28. 16. All in the Family: The Influence of Social Networks on Dispute Processing (A Case Study of a Developing Economy) 196
29. 17. Bargaining in the Shadow of the Community: Neighborly Dispute Resolution in Beijing Hutongs 203
30. Part V. Law and Development and Legal Reform
31. Introduction 213
32. 18. The Inquisitor Strikes Back: Obstacles to the Reform of Criminal Procedure in Revolutionary Venezuela 220
33. 19. Judicial Reform in Mexico: What Next? 229
34. 20. Business Litigation in the Transition: A Portrait of Debt Collection in Russia 235
35. 21. Mother or Father: Who Received Custody? The Best Interest of the Child Standard and Judges’ Custody Decisions in Taiwan 242
36. 22. The Sky Is High and the Emperor Is Far Away: The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law in China 250
37. Part VI. Law and Globalization
38. Introduction 263
39. 23. Immigration, Law, and Marginalization in a Global Economy: Notes from Spain 268
40. 24. Law, Lawyers, and Social Capital: Rule of Law Versus Relational Capitalism 282
41. 25. Globalization and the Decline of Legal Consciousness: Torts, Ghosts, and Karma in Thailand 292
42. 26. From Cold War Instrument to Supreme European Court: The European Court of Human Rights at the Crossroad of International and National Law and Politics 300
43. 27. Erewhon: The Coming Global Legal Order 308
44. Index 317