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Title Going to Court to Change Japan Social Movements and the Law in Contemporary Japan / edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff
Published Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2014. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 187 pages )
Series Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; number 77
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Contents Introduction / Patricia G. Steinhoff -- No helmets in court, no t-shirts on death row : new left trial support groups / Patricia G. Steinhoff -- Karōshi activism and recent trends in Japanese civil society : creating credible knowledge and culture / Scott North -- Courting justice, contesting "bureaucratic informality" : the Sayama case and the evolution of Buraku liberation politics / John H. Davis, Jr. -- Becoming unforgettable : leveraging law for labor in struggles for employment security / Christena Turner -- Suing for redress : Japanese consumer organizations and the courts / Patricia L. Maclachlan -- No voice in the courtroom : deaf legal cases in the 1960s / Karen Nakamura -- Cause lawyering in Japan : reflections on the case studies and justice reform / Daniel H. Foote
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Sociological jurisprudence.
Justice, Administration of -- Japan
Procedure (Law) -- Japan
Courts -- Japan
Law -- Social aspects -- Japan
Law reform -- Japan
LAW / Essays
LAW / General Practice
LAW / Jurisprudence
LAW / Paralegals & Paralegalism
LAW / Practical Guides
LAW / Reference
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Courts.
Justice, Administration of.
Law reform.
Law -- Social aspects.
Procedure (Law)
Social policy.
Sociological jurisprudence.
SUBJECT Japan -- Social policy
Subject Japan.
Form Electronic book
Author Steinhoff, Patricia G., 1941- editor.
Project Muse
LC no. 2014032100
ISBN 9781929280841
192928084X
9780472901630
047290163X