In this book, Haley argues that the weakness of legal controls throughout Japanese history has assured the development and strength of informal community controls based on custom and consensus to maintain order - an order characterized by remarkable stability with an equally significant degree of autonomy for individuals, communities, and businesses.
ISBN: | 9780195092578 |
Publication date: | 23rd May 1996 |
Author: | John Owen Professor of Law and of East Asian Studies, Professor of Law and of East Asian Studies, University of Washing Haley |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 268 pages |
Series: | Studies on Law and Social Control |
Genres: |
Politics and government Comparative law Asian history Social and cultural history Comparative law Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law |