Basic Japanese Laws by Hiroshi Oda (Editor), Bernard Rudden, Sian Stickings (Editor)

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Synopsis

This valuable reference tool offers a complete library of Japanese legal codes, with translations taken from an array of esteemed documents. The Japanese Ministry of Justice, the Japanese Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Information are among these primary sources.

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A translation of the most important Japanese legal codes relating to commercial law. Covers the Constitution; the Civil Code, the core of private law with basic rules that also apply to business transactions; the Commercial Code as amended in 1995, which covers company law; anti-monopoly or competition law because of its increasing significance in addressing restrictive and unfair trade practices in Japan; and the Law on the Application of Laws, which provides the basic rules on the conflict of laws. Readers intending to conduct business in Japan are warned that the written codes are only a skeleton that has been fleshed out during modern times with case law and administrative and commercial practices. Includes a bibliography of English-language resources. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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both at University College, London