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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451351503321

Autore

Visser 't Hooft Willem Maurits <1965, >

Titolo

Japanese contract and anti-trust law : a sociological and comparative study / / Willem M. Visser 't Hooft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2002

ISBN

1-135-79004-3

1-138-87893-6

1-280-05372-0

0-203-39838-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

MI ; ; 43

Disciplina

343.520721

Soggetti

Contracts - Japan

Antitrust law - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (PhD)--Leiden University, 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-205).

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Japanese Contract Law and the Unilateral Termination of Distribution Agreements; 3 Japanese Anti-trust Law and the Unilateral Termination of Distribution Agreements; 4 Termination Disputes within the Japanese Distribution System for Luxury Cosmetics A Case Study: Manufacturers v. Discounters; 5 Dutch Law and the Unilateral Termination of Distribution Agreements; 6 A Discussion on Japanese Attitudes toward Contracts; Bibliography; Appendix I Case Law: Japan

Appendix II Case Law: The NetherlandsAppendix III Case Law: European Union; Publications in the Meijers Series; Curriculum vitae

Sommario/riassunto

Little has been written on Japanese contract law and anti-trust law in Western languages. This book describes the role of this law in protecting the distributor against unilateral terminations of distribution agreements. There have been significant pressures both to lower prices and restructure distribution channels in Japan which have strained many distribution agreements. This volume, based primarily on



Japanese language legal material, not only involves a study of applicable black-letter law, but also a sociological study of its application in practice. Detailed analysis has been made in pa