Authority without Power

This study by a leading scholar of Japanese law considers 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

Business · Order (exchange) · Political science · Power (physics) · Sociology · Weakness · Chinese history and philosophy · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction · Law · Legal principles and applications · Contrôle social · Criminal law · Formal Social Control · General · History · Japan · Recht · Rechtsontwikkeling · Social control · Soziale Kontrolle

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