01456nam a2200241Ia 4500 CTU_119312 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 20200 349.5209 S814 Steenstrup, Carl A history of law in Japan until 1868 Carl Steenstrup New York E.J. Brill 1996 Japan's modern written law is Western. However, this law operates in a society whose values are pre-Western. In order to understand the function of modern law one has to study older systems of law as well. The main phases of Japan's pre-modern legal development are first, the indigenous customary law of the Yamato state. Next, the import and adaptation of Chinese codes from the 7th century onwards. Third, the use of Chinese legal techniques to bring order to the indigenous feudal law, culminating in the thirteenth century, and leading to the independence of Japan's legal system from that of China. Fourth, the mature system of written law and custom of the Tokugawa state. It is owing to the existence of well-functioning channels of law that Japan was able to modernise rapidly. Law,Japan,Japan,Japan History,Politics and government,Social conditions,Social conditions 1600-1868,To 1600,1600-1868 Japan Truc Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ