The Identity of German and Japanese Civil Law in Comparative Perspectives / Die Identität des deutschen und des japanischen Zivilrechts in vergleichender Betrachtung / / ed. by Zentaro Kitagawa, Karl Riesenhuber.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Kitagawa, Zentaro,; Kogayu, Taro,; Leipold, Dieter,; Lorenz, Stephan,; Matsumoto, Tsuneo,; Riesenhuber, Karl,; Shiomi, Yoshio,; Smith, Malcolm,
• HerausgeberIn: Kitagawa, Zentaro,; Riesenhuber, Karl,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 p.)

Developments of the law in Japan and in Germany provide ample reason for an inquiry into “The Identity of Japanese and German Civil Law”. Japanese civil law has a long tradition of absorbing and digesting foreign influences, - in particular from Germany, France, England and the United States. The absorption of foreign influences occurred on various levels: at the legislative level, in particular during the drafting process of the Civil Code, at the judicial level and in the field of scholarship. The reception of legal theories was followed by a unique process that has been characterised as “theory reception” (Kitagawa). Irrespective of such foreign influences, we can discern a unique legal tradition in Japan - in other words, its own identity. At the same time, German private law is under the influence of legal harmonisation in the EU. While the predominant view in the 1980's was still that this development was confined to a restricted area - that of “consumer law” - recent developments demonstrate that European Union legislation now influences large parts of German civil law. What does this mean in terms of the identity of German civil law? And how does this development of a “Europeanization” of German civil law affect related legal systems, such as that of Japan? The present volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in Japan in 2006 to mark the occasion of the “Germany Year in Japan”. In their contributions, Japanese scholars discuss the various influences on Japanese law; German scholars enquire into the Europeanization of German private law; and finally, the identity of Japanese civil law is discussed from the perspectives of German civil law and of common law.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Identity of Japanese and German Civil Law -- Part 1: Foreign Influences on Japanese Civil Law -- Chapter 2: Japanese Civil Law and German Law – From the Viewpoint of Comparative Law – -- Chapter 3: Modernization of German Civil Law and Japanese Civil Law Interpretation -- Chapter 4: French Law Research in the Study of Civil Law in Japan -- Chapter 5: Anglo-American Law Research in the Study of Civil Law in Japan -- Part 2: The Identity of Japanese and German Civil Law -- Chapter 6: Deutsches Bürgerliches Recht und Europäisches Zivilrecht in Gegenwart und Zukunft. English Summery -- Chapter 7: The Present and Future Role of the German Civil Law in Europe -- Chapter 8: On the Identity of Japanese Civil Law from a European Perspective -- Chapter 9: On the Identity of Japanese Civil Law from Common Law Perspectives