Front cover image for Law in everyday Japan : sex, sumo, suicide, and statutes

Law in everyday Japan : sex, sumo, suicide, and statutes

A compilation of case studies centred on seven everyday themes, from karaoke-based noise complaints to debt-induced suicide, this book offers a portrait of the way law intermingles with social norms, historically ingrained ideas, & cultural mores in Japan
eBook, English, 2005
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2005
1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) : illustrations
9780226894096, 9780226894027, 9780226894034, 0226894096, 0226894029, 0226894037
711000616
Introduction
Lost and found
Sumo
Karaoke
Earthquakes and condominiums
Love hotels
Working hours
Debt-suicide
Conclusions and implications
English