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"Contents" [2014] ELECD 470; in Vanoverbeke, Dimitri; Maesschalck, Jeroen; Nelken, David; Parmentier, Stephan (eds), "The Changing Role of Law in Japan" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) v

Book Title: The Changing Role of Law in Japan

Editor(s): Vanoverbeke, Dimitri; Maesschalck, Jeroen; Nelken, David; Parmentier, Stephan

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783475643

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables viii
List of contributors ix

1 The changing role of law in Japan: empirical studies in
culture, society and policy making: an introduction 1
Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Jeroen Maesschalck,
Stephan Parmentier and David Nelken

PART I SETTING THE SCENE

2 Legal culture and social change 15
David Nelken
3 State­society synergies in Western and Japanese economic
and judicial reform 34
Volkmar Gessner
4 Law, culture and society in modernizing Japan 50
Ichiro Ozaki
5 Reforms of the judiciary in Japan at the start of the
twenty-first century: initial assessment of an ongoing process 66
Dimitri Vanoverbeke and Takao Suami

PART II THE LEGAL TURN? GROWING LEGALISM IN
CONTEMPORARY JAPAN

6 Law in a changing economy: law of trade credit and security
interests in context 81
Souichiro Kozuka
7 Towards an understanding of the `Japanese' way of dispute
resolution: how is it different from the West? 95
Hiroshi Takahashi


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8 Between `benevolent paternalism' and genbatsuka: diversity in
Japanese criminal justice 111
Erik Herber

PART III THE TURN TO COURTS? A CHANGING ROLE FOR
LEGAL ACTORS

9 Regulatory enforcement of environmental law in Japan: an
analysis of the implementation of the Water Pollution
Control Act 133
Ayako Hirata
10 Access to attorneys in Japan and judicial reform 157
Ryo Hamano
11 Institutional change and judicial review in contemporary
Japan 173
Tsukasa Mihira
12 Culture, situation and behaviour 189
Masayuki Murayama

PART IV THE (RE) ...