Law and culture in Japan : institutions, justice, and media

Volume 30 of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance brings together scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds to discuss a variety of aspects and developments related to law and culture in contemporary Japan. Some scholars have law as their primary field of study and from that viewpoint focus on...

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Other Authors Deflem, Mathieu (Editor), Takahashi, Hiroshi (Editor), Vanoverbeke, Dimitri (Editor), Karlin, Jason G. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesSociology of crime, law and deviance ; 30.
Subjects
Culture and law > Japan.
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electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781836088707
DOI10.1108/s1521-6136202530
Physical Description1 online resource (256 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Japanese perspectives on law and culture / Mathieu Deflem
  • Part I. Institutions
  • Introduction to Part I / Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Chapter 1. Constitution and legal culture in Japan: A systems theoretical interpretation of the japanese constitutional crisis of 2015 / Takemitsu Morikawa
  • Chapter 2. Law as a reason for action and inaction: The case of Japan / Masaki Abe
  • Chapter 3. Gender inequality and the legitimacy of Japan's shared surname system: An analysis of law textbooks / Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Chapter 4. Access to courts in Japan: A gender perspective / Kyoko Ishida
  • Part II. Justice
  • Introduction to Part II / Dimitri Vanoverbeke
  • Chapter 5. Policing of the people, by the people, and for the people? Obeying the law and conforming to peers in Japan / Kiyoshi Abe
  • Chapter 6. Cannabis law reform in Japan: Going with or against the tide? / David Brewster
  • Chapter 7. Lay judges and the hesitant shift in Japan's criminal trial culture / Dimitri Vanoverbeke
  • Chapter 8. Judges and wrongful convictions in Japan: A study of judicial culture / Makoto Ibusuki and David T. Johnson
  • Chapter 9. Violence against women in Japan: A review of recent trends and the implications of victimization survey results / Masahiro Tsushima
  • Part III. Media
  • Introduction to Part III / Jason G. Karlin
  • Chapter 10. Entertainers and agents in Japan and Asia: Who's working for whom? / Dan Rosen
  • Chapter 11. Regulation and negotiation: A case study on sexual expressions in Japanese boys' love manga and tv drama / Wei-Jung Chang
  • Chapter 12. Media incitements in Japan: Social contagion, self-harm, and freedom of expression / Jason G. Karlin
  • Chapter 13. Post-populism legislation: Criminal policy in Japan since the 2010s / Wei Guo.

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