Crime fighting robots and duelling pocket monsters: Law and Justice in Japanese Popular Culture
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Pearson, Ashley
Giddens, Thomas
Tranter, Kieran
Year published
2018
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For some, the title of this book would be an oxymoron. In the past, there has been an established orthodoxy in the West that Japan has culture but not law; at least, not law as understood by the modern Western tradition. This conceptualisation of Japan emerged in the post-war era, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, as Western lawyers became more aware of Japan through trade and investment and puzzled over Japan as a highly organised society that was litigation averse. From the outside looking in, the texts of law seemed to play a secondary role to cultural considerations, and yet crime was low and the streets were safe. ...
View more >For some, the title of this book would be an oxymoron. In the past, there has been an established orthodoxy in the West that Japan has culture but not law; at least, not law as understood by the modern Western tradition. This conceptualisation of Japan emerged in the post-war era, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, as Western lawyers became more aware of Japan through trade and investment and puzzled over Japan as a highly organised society that was litigation averse. From the outside looking in, the texts of law seemed to play a secondary role to cultural considerations, and yet crime was low and the streets were safe. Subsequent generations of scholars have challenged these assumptions of Japan, yet the perspective still has a currency in the West.
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View more >For some, the title of this book would be an oxymoron. In the past, there has been an established orthodoxy in the West that Japan has culture but not law; at least, not law as understood by the modern Western tradition. This conceptualisation of Japan emerged in the post-war era, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, as Western lawyers became more aware of Japan through trade and investment and puzzled over Japan as a highly organised society that was litigation averse. From the outside looking in, the texts of law seemed to play a secondary role to cultural considerations, and yet crime was low and the streets were safe. Subsequent generations of scholars have challenged these assumptions of Japan, yet the perspective still has a currency in the West.
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Book Title
Law and Justice in Japanese Popular Culture: From Crime Fighting Robots to Duelling Pocket Monsters
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Other law and legal studies not elsewhere classified