LEADER 02996oam 2200661I 450 001 9910962231303321 005 20251116193951.0 010 $a1-138-97355-6 010 $a1-315-07455-9 010 $a1-134-27981-7 010 $a1-134-27974-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315074559 035 $a(CKB)2550000001172143 035 $a(EBL)1583184 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001305945 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11736711 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305945 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11258523 035 $a(PQKB)10379843 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1583184 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1583184 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10876359 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL553448 035 $a(OCoLC)866858345 035 $a(OCoLC)866841875 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB131074 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001172143 100 $a20180706e20132003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJapan's early experience of contract management in the treaty ports /$fYuki Allyson Honjo 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (263 p.) 225 1 $aMeiji Japan Series ;$v10 300 $aFirst published 2003 by Japan Library. 311 08$a1-903350-08-5 311 08$a1-306-22197-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Tokugawa Legacy; 2. Treaty Ports: Boundaries and Borders; 3. Reaching Agreement: The Mechanics of Promise and Payment; 4. Description of Cases; 5. The Avenues of Legal Redress; 6. In Pursuit of a Bargain; 7. Promise, Agreement and Contract: Ito Hachibei vs. Walsh, Hall & Co.; 8. Towards Implications and Theory; Conclusion: The Republic of Commerce; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis is the first in-depth study of the early trial-and-error experiences of contracting between Japanese and western merchants trading in the Japanese Treaty Ports in the eighteen year period immediately following the opening of the ports in 1859. Fundamental to the equation were the inevitable east-west cultural and legal ambiguities that impacted on the traders. The learning curve for both westerners and Japanese regarding the nature and application of western contracting law was predictably difficult, tortuous and open to constant misunderstanding. Nevertheless, it was within such a framew 410 0$aMeiji Japan series ;$v10. 606 $aContracts$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xCommerce 615 0$aContracts 676 $a382.0952 686 $a83.42$2bcl 700 $aHonjo$b Yuki Allyson.$01873965 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962231303321 996 $aJapan's early experience of contract management in the treaty ports$94484280 997 $aUNINA