Second-best justice : the virtues of Japanese private law /

It's long been known that Japanese file fewer lawsuits per capita than Americans do. Yet explanations for the difference have tended to be partial and unconvincing, ranging from circular arguments about Japanese culture to suggestions that the slow-moving Japanese court system acts as a deterre...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ramseyer, J. Mark, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Civil law > Japan.
Liability (Law) > Japan.
Actions and defenses > Japan.
Responsabilité (Droit) > Japon.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Actions and defenses
Civil law
Liability (Law)
Rechtswissenschaft
Privatrecht
Japan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Doing well by making do
  • A tort system that works : traffic accidents
  • A system with few claims : products liability
  • Few claims, but for a different reason : medical malpractice I
  • Medical malpractice II
  • Wrong but predictably wrong : labor, landlord-tenant, and consumer finance
  • A second-best court.

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