LEADER 04384nam 22007571c 450 001 9910451408403321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-5916-9 010 $a1-280-80098-4 010 $a9786610800988 010 $a1-84731-210-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472559166 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338519 035 $a(EBL)285370 035 $a(OCoLC)231831506 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000097113 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11121981 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097113 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10111847 035 $a(PQKB)10895057 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1750730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC285370 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1750730 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276177 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL80098 035 $a(OCoLC)893330888 035 $a(OCoLC)213501375 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255695 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL285370 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338519 100 $a20140929d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAdapting legal cultures $fedited by David Nelken and Johannes Feest 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford $aPortland, Oregon $cHart Publishing $d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 225 1 $aOnati international series in law and society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-292-6 311 $a1-84113-291-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aPART ONE: THEORISING LEGAL ADAPTATION -- Introduction -- 1. Towards a Sociology of Legal Adaptation -- David Nelken -- 2. What "Legal Transplants"? -- Pierre Legrand -- 3. Is There a Logic of Legal Transplants? -- Roger Cotterrell -- 4. Some Comments on Cotterrell and Legal Transplants -- Lawrence Friedman -- 5. State Formation and Legal Change: On the Impact of International Politics -- Alex Jettinghoff -- 6. From Globalisation of Law to Law under Globalisation -- Wolf Heydebrand -- PART TWO: CASE-STUDIES OF LEGAL ADAPTATION -- Introduction -- 7. The Still-Birth and Re-birth of Product Liability in Japan -- Luke Nottage -- 8. The Empty Space of the Modern in Japanese Law Discourse -- Takao Tanase -- 9. Comparative Law and Legal Transplantation in South East Asia -- Andrew Harding -- 10. Marketisation, Public Service and Universal Service -- Tony Prosser -- 11. The Import and Export of Law and Legal Institutions: International Strategies in National Palace Wars -- Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth -- 12. The Vultures Fly East: The Creation and Globalisation of the Distressed Debt Market -- John Flood 330 8 $aThis exciting collection looks at the theory and practice of legal borrowing and adaptation in different areas of the world: Europe,the USA and Latin America, S.E. Asia and Japan. Many of the contributors focus on fundamental theoretical issues. What are legal transplants? What is the role of the state in producing socio-legal change? What are the conditions of successful legal transfers? How is globalisation changing these conditions? Such problems are also discussed with reference to substantive and specific case studies. When and why did Japanese rules of product liability come into line with those of the EU and the USA? How and why did judicial review come late to the legal systems of Holland and Scandinavia? Why is the present wave of USA-influenced legal reforms in Latin Amercia apparently having more success than the previous round? How does competition between the legal and accountancy professions affect patterns of bankruptcy? The chapters in this volume, which include a comprehensive theoretical introduction, offer a range of valuable insights even if they also show that the 410 0$aOnati international series in law and society. 606 $aLaw$xMobility 606 $2Comparative law 606 $aLaw$xForeign influences 606 $aCulture and law 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLaw$xMobility. 615 0$aLaw$xForeign influences. 615 0$aCulture and law. 676 $a340.2 702 $aNelken$b David 702 $aFeest$b Johannes 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451408403321 996 $aAdapting legal cultures$9983119 997 $aUNINA