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Going to court to change Japan : social movements and the law in contemporary Japan

Title
Going to court to change Japan : social movements and the law in contemporary Japan / edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff.
Publication
  • Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2014.
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
Steinhoff, Patricia G., 1941-
Description
viii, 187 pages; 23 cm
Series Statement
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; number 77
Uniform Title
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 77.
Alternative Title
Social movements and the law in contemporary Japan
Subject
  • Law reform > Japan
  • Law > Social aspects > Japan
  • Courts > Japan
  • Procedure (Law) > Japan
  • Justice, Administration of > Japan
  • Sociological jurisprudence
  • Soziale Bewegung
  • Rechtsstreit
  • Japan > Social policy
  • Japan
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JFE 15-8221
ISBN
  • 9781929280834 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1929280831 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781929280841 (ebook : alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)
  • 192928084X (ebook : alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014032100
OCLC
886673128
Title
Going to court to change Japan : social movements and the law in contemporary Japan / edited by Patricia G. Steinhoff.
Publisher
Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; number 77
Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 77.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Steinhoff, Patricia G., 1941- editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-8221
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