Community and the Law A Critical Reassessment of American Liberalism and Japanese Modernity
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Biographical note
Takao Tanase, Professor of Legal Sociology, Chuo University Law School, Japan. Translated and edited by Luke Nottage, Professor of Comparative and Transnational Business Law, University of Sydney Law School, and Special Counsel, Williams Trade Law, Australia and Leon Wolff, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University, Japan<i>âTakao Tanase seamlessly combines sociolegal and philosophical analysis as he explores the tensions between individual legal rights and communitarian values in settings ranging from post-divorce visitation rights to tort liability, lawyerâclient relationships, and rising litigation rates. Contrasting Japan with the individualistic thrust of American law, Tanase stresses the importance of building legal processes that encourage stronger social and communal bonds. Students of law and society on all continents will find rich food for thought in this intellectually bold and intriguing volume.â</i>
- Robert A. Kagan, University of California, Berkeley, US,
<i>âTakao Tanaseâs </i>Community and the Law<i> is a path breaking and often surprising interpretation of legal culture in Japan which includes subtle analyses of the changing role of lawyers and courts and the extent to which modernity and reliance on law are interlinked. But it is much more than that. His reflections on the different way law responds to social dilemmas in Japan and the USA are the building blocks of a much more ambitious project - no less than constructing a coherent account of what law can and should do to maintain communal ties in postmodern times. The book is a pleasure to read for its learning and sophistication. Nottage and Wolff also deserve high praise for their light touch as editors and translators.â</i>
- David Nelken, University of Cardiff, UK and University of Macerata, Italy,