Publication

2015-11-19 - University of Chicago Press

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Amazon022628199X

Classifications

  • LCCKNX500 .R36 2015
  • LCCKNX500.R36 2015

Description

It's long been known that Japanese file fewer lawsuits per capita than Americans do. Yet explanations for the difference have tended to be partial and unconvincing, ranging from circular arguments about Japanese culture to suggestions that the slow-moving Japanese court system acts as a deterrent. J. Mark Ramseyer offers a more compelling, better-grounded explanation: the low rate of lawsuits in Japan results not from distrust of a dysfunctional system but from trust in a system that works - that sorts and resolves disputes in such an overwhelmingly predictable pattern that opposing parties rarely find it worthwhile to push their dispute to trial.

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Other Editions

  • Second-Best Justice: The Virtues of Japanese Private LawHardcoverUniversity of Chicago Press2015-11-19

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