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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966791403321

Autore

Johnson David T.

Titolo

The Japanese way of justice : prosecuting crime in Japan / / David T. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-028378-5

0-19-771962-7

1-280-47137-9

0-19-534423-5

1-60256-652-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

345.52/01

Soggetti

Public prosecutors - Japan

Justice, Administration of - Japan

Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Why Japanese Prosecutors?; Research Methods; An Overview of the Criminal Process; An Overview of the Book; I: The Contexts of Japanese Justice; 1 Paradise for a Prosecutor; 2 Prosecutors and the Criminal Court Community; 3 Prosecutor Culture; 4 The Organization of Prosecution; II: The Content of Japanese Justice; 5 Consistency; 6 Corrections; 7 Convictions; 8 Confessions; Conclusion; Appendix: The Survey: Prosecutors' Attitudes and Activities; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In the Japanese criminal system, the prosecutor is the most important figure. Based on extensive fieldwork inside a large prosecutor's office and on extensive surveys and interviews, this book explains the role of Japan's 2000 prosecutors.