A history of law in Japan until 1868

✍ Scribed by Carl Steenstrup

• Publisher: E.J. Brill
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 219
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Preface to the Second Impression
List of Abbreviations
CHAPTER ONE: From the Earliest Times to the Taika Reforms
Prehistory
Proto-History
Early History
Institutions of Archaic Japan
Laws of Archaic Japan
CHAPTER TWO: From the Taika Reforms to the Establishment of Military Rule
Why Taika?
The Reform
Basic Legislation
The Administration
The Social Classes
Taxes
The Function of Law
The Family
Succession
Property and Transactions
Penal Law
The Administration of Law
The Re-Privatization of Land
CHAPTER THREE: From the Establishment of Military Rule until the Founding of the Tokugawa Dynasty
A. Taira, Minamoto, and Hōjō Rule
The Functions of the Warriors in Society
Feudalism
The Master-Man Relationship
The Institutions of Kamakura
Command Structures
Military and Civilian Relationships
Organs of the Kamakura Government
Court and Camp
Warrior Legislation
Tensions in Medieval Society
Succession
The Lot of Women and Juniors
Property and Transactions
The Administration of Law
Penal Law
B. Ashikaga Rule
The Political Scene
Legal and Institutional Changes
C. Warlord Rule
New Institutions
Martial Law
Property and Transactions
CHAPTER FOUR: Tokugawa Law
The Political Scene
The Administration
Why the System was Stable
The Classes
The Function of Law
How the System Developed
Tensions in Tokugawa Society
The Workings of the Status System
The Family
Succession
The Villagers and Their Customs
The Town-Dwellers and Their Customs
Property and Transactions
Labour Law
Credit and its Protection
Commercial Organization
Penal Law
The Administration of Law
Bibliography
Periodization
Note on Transcription
Index
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