Luke Nottage

Product Safety and Liability Law in Japan (eBook, ePUB)

From Minamata to Mad Cows

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume contests the culturalist view of Japan as being in the thrall of weak legal consciousness and consumerism, which has persisted in the wake of environmental disasters such as the mercury poisonings in Minamata in the 1950s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134433896
• Artikelnr.: 38254659

Autorenporträt

Dr Luke Nottage is a Senior Lecturer at Sydney University Law Faculty and founding Co-director of the Australian Network for Japanese Law. He has practised law in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. 'Re
orienting' Japan and its law 2. The still
birth and re
birth of product liability in Japan 3. Comparing the PL Law with other 'strict liability' regimes in Europe, Australia and the US 4. The PL Law in action 5. The future of PL in Japan: reformulations, reform and re
regulation

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1. 'Re-orienting' Japan and its law 2. The still-birth and re-birth of product liability in Japan 3. Comparing the PL Law with other 'strict liability' regimes in Europe, Australia and the US 4. The PL Law in action 5. The future of PL in Japan: reformulations, reform and re-regulation

Rezensionen

'Nottage's book is certainly the product of diligent research - a much needed addition to scholarship on Japan, helpful to students of comparative law, the Japanese legal system, and Japanese society alike.' - Japanese Studies, Vol 23, No 3

'Nottage's book is certainly the product of diligent research - a much needed addition to scholarship on Japan, helpful to students of comparative law, the Japanese legal system, and Japanese society alike.' - Japanese Studies, Vol 23, No 3