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

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

"Going to Court to Change Japan takes us inside movements dealing with causes as disparate as death by overwork, the rights of the deaf, access to prisoners on death row, consumer product safety, workers whose companies go bankrupt, and persons convicted of crimes they did not commit. Each of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Steinhoff, Patricia G. (Editor), Steinhoff, Patricia G., 1941- editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press 2014.
Series:Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 77.
Subjects:
Law reform > Japan.
Law > Social aspects > Japan.
Courts > Japan.
Procedure (Law) > Japan.
Justice, Administration of > Japan.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Japan > Social policy.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424823306719
Table of 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.

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