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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451211903321

Titolo

History of law in Japan since 1868 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Wilhelm Röhl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005

ISBN

1-280-85934-2

9786610859344

1-4294-2685-3

90-474-0357-6

1-4337-0452-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (857 p.)

Collana

Handbook of oriental studies. Section five, Japan ; ; v. 12 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Altri autori (Persone)

RöhlWilhelm

Disciplina

349.52

Soggetti

Law - Japan - History - 19th century

Law - Japan - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prefatory Notice; Chapter One: Generalities (Wilhelm Röhl ); Chapter Two: Public Law (Wilhelm Röhl); Chapter Three: Civil Code; Chapter Four: Commercial and Corporate Law in Japan (Harald Baum/Eiji Takahashi ); Chapter Five: Intellectual Property and Anti-Trust; Chapter Six: Labour Law (Hans Peter Marutschke); Chapter Seven: Social Law (Wilhelm Röhl ); Chapter Eight: Penal Law (Karl-Friedrich Lenz); Chapter Nine: Procedural Law; Chapter Ten: Legal Education and Legal Profession (Wilhelm Röhl ); Index

Sommario/riassunto

A careful analysis of Japan's dealings with its legal system through a time of unprecedented change (1868- 1960). A must for scholars of Japanese studies, historians and jurists alike.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458160203321

Autore

Schofield Norman <1944->

Titolo

Architects of political change : constitutional quandaries and social choice theory / / Norman Schofield [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-107-16071-5

1-280-48012-2

0-511-22046-4

0-511-22097-9

0-511-21897-4

0-511-31620-8

0-511-60689-3

0-511-21965-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Political economy of institutions and decisions

Disciplina

320.97301

Soggetti

Political science - Economic aspects

Social choice - Political aspects

Constitutional history - United States

Elections - Mathematical models

United States Politics and government Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Constitutional quandaries and social choice -- Power and social choice -- Franklin and the War of Independence -- Madison, Jefferson, and Condorcet -- Lincoln and the Civil War -- Johnson and the critical realignment of 1964 -- Keynes and the Atlantic constitution -- Preferences and beliefs -- Political change.

Sommario/riassunto

This work offers a set of extended interpretations of Madison's argument in Federalist X of 1787, using ideas from social choice theory and from the work of Douglass North, Mancur Olson, and William Riker. Its focus is not on rational choice theory itself, but on the use of this theory as a heuristic device to better understand democratic institutions. The treatment adapts a formal model of elections to



consider rapid constitutional change at periods when societies face quandaries. The topics explored in the book include Britain's reorganization of its fiscal system in the eighteenth century to prosecute its wars with France; the Colonies' decision to declare independence in 1776; Madison's argument about the 'probability of fit choice' during the Ratification period of 1787-88; the argument between Hamilton and Jefferson in 1798-1800 over the long run organization of the US economy and the election of Lincoln in 1860.