Civil Law and Socialism

Author: (Japanese) Saku Okamura
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Publishing Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This book is a collection of articles published by Mr. Okamura during his lifetime, compiled by Nakajima Toshikichi and Kojima Shigeharu. The Chinese edition was translated by Liu Renhang and Zhang Mingci in the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931) and published by the Commercial Press in Shanghai. The book consists of three chapters: Chapter "Ownership," Chapter "Labor Contract," and Chapter "Family System." Although it is a collection of separate articles, the book's theme remains quite consistent, exploring changes in traditional civil law under the backdrop of socialist thought. Civil law is designed to protect private rights in order to maintain social order, while socialism seeks to study and eliminate social inequalities to improve society. Though their methods differ, their goals are the same. Therefore, those studying socialism cannot ignore civil law as a tool for social improvement. And those drafting civil law face several major issues: one is the issue of ownership, another is the issue of labor, and the third is the issue of the family. All these are closely related to improving society and, without practical solutions, lasting social peace will remain difficult to achieve! This book offers profound insights on the aforementioned issues. Let me briefly introduce its essence.