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Author Iwasawa, Yūji, 1954-

Title International law, human rights, and Japanese law : the impact of international law on Japanese law / Yuji Iwasawa
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Description xlii, 355 pages ; 25 cm
Series Oxford scholarship online. net
Contents I. Introductory Chapter -- II. The Treaty-Making Process in Japan -- III. The Status of International Law in Japan -- IV. The Impact of International Human Rights Law on Resident Aliens in Japan -- V. The Impact of International Human Rights Law on Women in Japan -- VI. The Impact of International Human Rights Law on Detention in Japan -- VII. Concluding Chapter
Summary This book analyses the relationship between international law and national law in a Japanese context, and demonstrates the impact international law has had on Japanese law. This impact has been substantial, especially in the field of human rights. The author of this volume, one of Japan's leading international lawyers, examines extensively the relationship between his country's domestic rules and regulations, and the international treaties and conventions which it has ratified in recent years
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-342) and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
Subject Civil rights -- Japan.
Human rights -- Japan.
International law -- Japan.
Author Iwasawa, Yåuji, Author
LC no. 99188453
ISBN 0198259123 (acid-free paper)