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Title Japan today : legal and social reform / editors, David Myers and Kotaku Ishido
Published Rockhampton, Qld. : Central Queensland University Press, 2003

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Description 166 pages ; 25 cm
regular print
Contents Part 1. The law and Japan's children and youth : New amendments to the Juvenile Law Act in Japan ; Child abuse in the context of criminal law in Japan ; Thrill-seeking, terror-pleasure and rebellion in today's Japan -- Part 2. Human rights and human values : The Japanese law governing human cloning ; Legal issues in the donation of body parts ; Traditonal Asian values versus western commercial globalisation ; All the bad news about today's Japan that fascinates western journalists -- Part 3. Litigation and alternative dispute resolution : Reforming administrative law and litigation procedures ; Civil conciliation and alternative dispute resolution in Japan -- Part 4. Historical models: the Emperor System and the welfare system : The Japanese constitution and the Emperor-System after WWII ; Abe Isoo (1865-1949) and New Zealand as the model for welfare legislation for Japan -- Part 5. Corporate business, ethics and the environment : Reforming the old corporate statutes and updating Japan's commercial code 1991-2003 ; Killing the tradition? - inside Japan's Bekko industry
Notes A joint project of Chukyo University and Central Queensland University
Bibliography Bibliography
Subject Law reform -- Japan.
SUBJECT Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069578
Author Myers, David A.
Ishidō, Kōtaku, 1933-
Central Queensland University.
Chūkyō Daigaku.
ISBN 1876780428 paperback
Other Titles Today's Japan : legal and social reform