This casebook on Japanese law has been specially designed for ease of use and theoretical versatility. Heavily edited cases, statutes, and articles canvass a wide range of intriguing problems and theoretical perspectives. Professors will find that it facilitates a variety of analyses and approaches to a given question ; whether sociological, anthropological, or approaches based on law and economics. The book allows for in-depth coverage of a diverse range of substantive areas of law, from torts, criminal law, and contracts to employment and corporate law.