Japanese Tort Law - (Second Edition)

Author: Yu Min / Country: Mainland China
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The Japanese Civil Code contains only 16 provisions regarding torts (Chapter 5, Articles 109 to 724 of Book III). However, the field of tort law covers an extremely broad scope of social life. In Japan, tort law is the area of civil law studies that generates the most issues, the most intense debates, and the richest research achievements. Tort law is a highly productive field in Japanese civil law research. There is much that we can learn from it, and fundamentally, it is the spirit of continuous innovation in response to the times. This book provides a comprehensive and systematic exposition of the development of tort law cases and doctrines in the Japanese Civil Code since its establishment, particularly from the 1960s to the present, to give Chinese readers a holistic and dynamic understanding of Japanese tort law. The author hopes that the publication of this book will help Chinese civil law scholars better understand Japanese tort law and draw lessons from it, as well as learn valuable insights. The Japanese Civil Code contains only 16 provisions regarding torts (Chapter 5, Articles 109 to 724 of Book III), but the field of tort law covers an extremely broad scope of social life. In Japan, tort law is the area of civil law studies that generates the most issues, the most intense debates, and the richest research achievements. Tort law is a highly productive field in Japanese civil law research. There is much that we can learn from it, and fundamentally, it is the spirit of continuous innovation in response to the times. This book provides a comprehensive and systematic exposition of the development of tort law cases and doctrines in the Japanese Civil Code since its establishment, particularly from the 1960s to the present, to give Chinese readers a holistic and dynamic understanding of Japanese tort law. The author hopes that the publication of this book will help Chinese civil law scholars better understand Japanese tort law and draw lessons from it, as well as learn valuable insights.