Many people believe that conflict in the well-disciplined Japanese society is so rare that the Japanese legal system is of minor importance. Frank Upham shows c

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In 2002 a manga (comic book) was for the first time successfully charged with the crime of obscenity in the Japanese courts. In The Art of Censorship Kirsten Ca

日本国憲法50年のアポリアを、18人の第一線憲法研究者が論じる、書下し論集。

Examines the relationship between social movements and the law in bringing about social change in Japan