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• Title:The Japanese legal system / Colin P.A. Jones (Professor of Law, Doshisha University Law School), Frank S. Ravitch (Professor of Law and Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law & Religion; Director, Kyoto Japan Program, Michigan State University College of Law).
  
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• Author/Creator:Jones, Colin P. A., 1965- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ravitch, Frank S., 1966- author.
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2018]
  ©2018
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KNX68 .J66 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Law--Japan.
  
• Description:xxiv, 451 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
  
• Series:Hornbook series.
  
• Summary:"The Japanese Legal System by Professors Colin P.A. Jones and Frank S. Ravitch provides ... [an] ... overview of Japan's system of law and government ... Focusing on practical aspects of the subject, it covers the law-making process, constitutional theory and reality, the civil, criminal and administrative justice systems, the environment of business law and regulation and the Japanese legal professions. Importantly, it also provides a context for understanding the Japanese legal system in readily comprehensible terms, including historical background and the different (compared to the United States and other common law systems) role and organization of the courts as part of an overall system of government"--Publisher's web site, viewed October 23, 2018.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1642425370
  9781642425376
  
• Contents:The historical context
  The structure of the Japanese government
  The judiciary
  Japanese law : what it is and where it comes from
  Constitutional law
  The legal professions
  The criminal justice system
  The civil code, family, identity and the civil law infrastructure
  The civil and administrative justice systems
  The legal framework of the business environment.