Law in everyday Japan [electronic resource] : sex, sumo, suicide, and statutes / Mark D. West.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 279 p.) : illISBN:- 9780226894096 (electronic bk.)
- 0226894096 (electronic bk.)
- 349.52 22
- KNX442 .W47 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Lost and found -- Sumo -- Karaoke -- Earthquakes and condominiums -- Love hotels -- Working hours -- Debt-suicide -- Conclusions and implications.
A compilation of case studies centred on seven everyday themes, from karaoke-based noise complaints to debt-induced suicide, this book offers a portrait of the way law intermingles with social norms, historically ingrained ideas, & cultural mores in Japan.
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