ISBN:
0824839196
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9780824839192
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (pages cm)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ausg
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender and Law in the Japanese Imperium
DDC:
305.420952
Keywords:
Women's rights Case studies
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Congresses
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Domestic relations Case studies
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Congresses
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Sex and law Case studies
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Congresses
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Prostitution Case studies Law and legislation
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Congresses
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Women Case studies Legal status, laws, etc
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Congresses
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Women''s rights -- Japan -- Case studies
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Domestic relations -- Japan -- Case studies
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Prostitution -- Law and legislation -- Japan -- Case studies
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Sex and law -- Japan -- Case studies
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Japan -- Case studies
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on East Asian Names and Terms -- Introduction -- Part I. Prostitution, Law, and Human Rights -- Chapter 1. The Maria Luz Incident: Personal Rights and International Justice for Chinese Coolies and Japanese Prostitutes -- Chapter 2. Disputing Rights: The Debate over Anti-Prostitution Legislation in 1950s Japan -- Part II. Crime, Punishment, and Gender -- Chapter 3. Gender in the Arena of the Courts: The Prosecution of Abortion and Infanticide in Early Meiji Japan -- Chapter 4. Adultery and Gender Equality in Modern Japan, 1868-1948 -- Chapter 5. Of Pity and Poison: Imprisoning Women in Modern Japan -- Chapter 6. Burning Down the House: Gender and Jury in a Tokyo Courtroom, 1928 -- Part III. Colonial Law and the Problem of the Family -- Chapter 7. Sim-pua under the Colonial Gaze: Gender, "Old Customs," and the Law in Taiwan under Japanese Imperialism -- Chapter 8. Japanese Colonialism, Gender, and Household Registration: Legal Reconstruction of Boundaries -- Chapter 9. A New Perspective on the "Name-Changing Policy" in Korea -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
The Maria Luz incident and international justicefor Chinese coolies and Japanese prostitutes / Douglas Howland -- Disputing rights: the debate over anti-prostitution legislation in 1950s Japan / Sally A. Hastings -- Gender in the arena of the courts: the prosecution of abortion and infanticide in early Meiji Japan / Susan L. Burns -- Adultery and gender equality in modern Japan: 1868-1948 / Harald Fuess -- Of pity and poison: imprisoning women in modern Japan / Daniel Botsman -- Burning down the house: gender and jury in a Tokyo courtroom, 1928 / Darryl Flaherty -- Sim-pua under the colonial gaze: gender, "old customs," and the law in Taiwan under Japanese imperialism / Chao-ju Chen -- Japanese colonialism, gender, and household registration: legal construction of boundaries / Barbara J. Brooks -- An attempt to integrate the Korean family with the Japanese: a new perspective on the "name-changing policy" in Korea / Motokazu Matsutani.
Note:
Most of the papers in this volume are from a conference held in May 2006 at the University of Chicago
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description based on print version record
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