Authority Without Power: Law And The Japanese Paradox (studies On Law And Social Control)
by John Owen Haley /
1994 / English / PDF
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This book offers a comprehensive interpretive study of the role of
law in contemporary Japan. Haley argues that the weakness of legal
controls throughout Japanese history has assured the development
and strength of informal community controls based on custom and
consensus to maintain order--an order characterized by remarkable
stability, with an equally significant degree of autonomy for
individuals, communities, and businesses. Haley concludes by
showing how Japan's weak legal system has reinforced preexisting
patterns of extralegal social control, thus explaining many of the
fundamental paradoxes of political and social life in contemporary
Japan.
This book offers a comprehensive interpretive study of the role of
law in contemporary Japan. Haley argues that the weakness of legal
controls throughout Japanese history has assured the development
and strength of informal community controls based on custom and
consensus to maintain order--an order characterized by remarkable
stability, with an equally significant degree of autonomy for
individuals, communities, and businesses. Haley concludes by
showing how Japan's weak legal system has reinforced preexisting
patterns of extralegal social control, thus explaining many of the
fundamental paradoxes of political and social life in contemporary
Japan.
