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.