| Authority Without Power: Law and the Japanese Paradox Contributor(s): Haley, John Owen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195092570 ISBN-13: 9780195092578 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1994 Annotation: A comprehensive interpretive study of the role of law in contemporary Japan. Haley argues that the separation of power from authority and concomitant weakness of coercive legal controls have assured the development and strength of informal community controls. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Law | Comparative |
| Dewey: 349.52 |
| Lexile Measure: 1600 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.05" W x 9.18" (0.94 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a comprehensive interpretive study of the role of law in contemporary Japan. Haley argues that the weakness of legal controls throughout Japanese history has assured the development and strength of informal community controls based on custom and consensus to maintain order--an order characterized by remarkable stability, with an equally significant degree of autonomy for individuals, communities, and businesses. Haley concludes by showing how Japan's weak legal system has reinforced preexisting patterns of extralegal social control, thus explaining many of the fundamental paradoxes of political and social life in contemporary Japan. |