The Role of Law in Contemporary Japanese Society

Abstract

This is an edited version of a public lecture presented at the Institut de Droit Comparé de Paris and published as chapter II of Droit GLOBAL Law 2001/1: Unifier le Droit: le Rêve impossible? (Ed Pantheon-Assas, Paris, 2001). It was translated and edited in English by Anthony Angelo, Professor of Law, and Johanna Reidy, MA LLB, both of Victoria University of Wellington.