Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The History of Japanese Law; 3. The Sources of Law; 4. The Administration of Justice; 5. The Legal Profession; 6. The Protection of Human Rights; 7. General Principles and Institutions of private law; 8. The Law of Property; 9. The Law of Obligations; 10. The Law of Tort; 11. Company Law; 12. Financial Law; 13. Anti-Monopoly Law; 14. Intellectual Property Law; 15. Labour Law; 16. Family Law and Succession; 17. Civil Procedure; 18. Criminal Law and Procedure; 19. The Law of Nationality

About the Author

Hiroshi Oda is the Sir Ernest Satow Professor of Japanese Law at the University of London (University College), a professor of the College d'Europe (Brugge), and consultant to Herbert Smith, solicitors. He is a graduate of the Law Faculty of the University of Tokyo, held a chair of Soviet Law there and was granted a LL.D before moving to London. He has held various visiting positions including visiting professorship at Cornell Law School (US). He is also a qualified attorney in Japan and practices Japanese and Russian law in London and Tokyo.

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