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Title:

Going to court to change Japan : social movements and the law in contemporary Japan / edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff.

Publisher:

Center for Japanese StudiesThe University of Michigan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

vii, 187 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Law reform--Japan.
Law--Social aspects--Japan.
Courts--Japan.
Procedure (Law)--Japan.
Justice, Administration of--Japan.
Japan--Social policy.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Courts.
Justice, Administration of.
Law reform.
Law--Social aspects.
Procedure (Law)
Social policy.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Japan.
Soziale Bewegung.
Rechtsstreit.
Japan.

Other Authors:

Steinhoff, Patricia G., 1941- editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83157525

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; number 77

ISBN:

1929280831
9781929280834

OCLC:

(OCoLC)886673128

LCCN:

2014032100

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)