Public law, private practice : politics, profit, and the legal profession in nineteenth-century Japan / Darryl E. Flaherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flaherty, Darryl E., 1967-

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 348.

Harvard East Asian monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Practice of law--Japan--History--19th century.

Practice of law.

History.

Japan.

Physical Description:

x, 322 pages ; 24 cm.

Distribution:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2013.

Summary:

"Traces the transition of law regimes from Edo to Meiji, showing how the legal profession emerged as a force for change in modern Japan and highlights its lasting contributions in founding private universities, political parties, and a national association of lawyers that contributed to legal reform during the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Overcoming ambivalence : legal practice and the transformation of Tokugawa law, 1615-1868

The fluid morality of early Meiji legal practice : processes and practitioners

High-minded legal associations, societies, and journals : putting law and politics before the public

The possibilities and limits of politics : legal advocates and the formation of political parties

Working within the state : institutionalization of interest and the making of a profession.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674066779

0674066774

OCLC:

810947733