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The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation (2024)
Book
Piegzik, M. (2024). The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation. Netherlands: Leiden University Press

The book outlines a dramatic history of the failed liberalization of Japanese private law during the Meiji era. Once Japan overthrew the shogunate and fully opened up to contact with the world, modernization of the backward country and its fragmented... Read More about The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation.

Into the Endless Mist Volume 1: The Aleutian Campaign, June-August 1942 (2023)
Book
Piegzik, M. A. (2023). Into the Endless Mist Volume 1: The Aleutian Campaign, June-August 1942. Warwick: Helion & Company

At the beginning of June 1942, in the wake of the enormous Japanese struggle to bring a conclusive victory in the Pacific War, the Imperial Japanese Navy commenced Operation AL (AL Sakusen). Among the objectives of this bold plan was the 2nd Kidō But... Read More about Into the Endless Mist Volume 1: The Aleutian Campaign, June-August 1942.

The Darkest Hour Volume 2: The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet (2022)
Book
Piegzik, M. (2022). The Darkest Hour Volume 2: The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet. Warwick: Helion & Company

The Darkest Hour presents the Imperial Japanese Navy offensive in the Indian Ocean area in March–April 1942, the main goal of which was to destroy the Royal Navy in the Far East and achieve domination on the western flank of the Pacific War on the ev... Read More about The Darkest Hour Volume 2: The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet.

The Darkest Hour Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Opening Moves (2022)
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Piegzik, M. (2022). The Darkest Hour Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Opening Moves. Warwick: Helion & Company

The Darkest Hour presents the Imperial Japanese Navy offensive in the Indian Ocean area in March–April 1942, the main goal of which was to destroy the Royal Navy in the Far East and achieve domination on the western flank of the Pacific War on the ev... Read More about The Darkest Hour Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Opening Moves.

Indian Ocean 1942 (2019)
Book
Piegzik, M. (2019). Indian Ocean 1942. Warsaw: Bellona

Early attempts at codifying the Japanese civil law during the Meiji period and their historical and political background (2018)
Journal Article
Piegzik, M. (2018). Early attempts at codifying the Japanese civil law during the Meiji period and their historical and political background. Folia Iuridica Universitatis Wratislaviensis, 7(1), 137–160. https://doi.org/10.23734/FIUW.2018.1.137.160

The main goal of this article is to present early attempts to codify the Japanese civil law during 1868-1890 in scope of historical and political background. During the period 1639-1868, under the regime of insulating acts, Japan remained a country... Read More about Early attempts at codifying the Japanese civil law during the Meiji period and their historical and political background.

At the origins of Japanese nationalism and militarism: the kokutai doctrine in the political life of the Empire of Japan, 1867–1945 (2018)
Journal Article
Piegzik, M. (2018). At the origins of Japanese nationalism and militarism: the kokutai doctrine in the political life of the Empire of Japan, 1867–1945. Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem, 40(2), 27–58. https://doi.org/10.19195/2300-7249.40.2.2

The main goal of this article is to present the historical development of the kokutai doctrine pol. national policy, which emerged in the Empire of Japan in 1867–1945 and which was one of the ideological foundations of the Japanese internal and forei... Read More about At the origins of Japanese nationalism and militarism: the kokutai doctrine in the political life of the Empire of Japan, 1867–1945.

The development of law schools in Japan during the Meiji period (2016)
Journal Article
Piegzik, M. (2016). The development of law schools in Japan during the Meiji period. Folia Iuridica Universitatis Wratislaviensis, 5(1), 69-84

The main goal of this paper is to describe the process of creating law schools in Japan during the codification of the Meiji period (1868-1912). After more than 200 years of isolation the Empire of Japan realized the need for modernization of the sta... Read More about The development of law schools in Japan during the Meiji period.

Coral Sea 1942 (2016)
Book
Piegzik, M. (2016). Coral Sea 1942. Warsaw: Bellona

Legal capacity and capacity to perform acts in law in Japanese civil law (2015)
Journal Article
Piegzik, M. (2015). Legal capacity and capacity to perform acts in law in Japanese civil law. Folia Iuridica Universitatis Wratislaviensis, 4(2), 37-56

The main goal of this article is to present the issue of legal capacity and legal capacity of natural persons and juridical persons in Japanese civil law. Although the Japanese Civil Code (jap. Mimpō) was adopted more than 100 years ago and significa... Read More about Legal capacity and capacity to perform acts in law in Japanese civil law.

Constitution of Japan, 1946 – the legislative process (2015)
Journal Article
Piegzik, M. (2015). Constitution of Japan, 1946 – the legislative process. Folia Iuridica Universitatis Wratislaviensis, 4(1), 179-197

The main aim of this paper is to present the legislation process and background of the Japanese Constitution of 1946. At the end of World War II in the Pacific the Empire of Japan was submitted under the military occupation of the United States. The... Read More about Constitution of Japan, 1946 – the legislative process.