ISBN:
0824839196
,
9780824839192
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (pages cm)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ausg
Paralleltitel:
Print version Gender and Law in the Japanese Imperium
DDC:
305.420952
Schlagwort(e):
Women's rights Case studies
;
Congresses
;
Domestic relations Case studies
;
Congresses
;
Sex and law Case studies
;
Congresses
;
Prostitution Case studies Law and legislation
;
Congresses
;
Women Case studies Legal status, laws, etc
;
Congresses
;
Women''s rights -- Japan -- Case studies
;
Domestic relations -- Japan -- Case studies
;
Prostitution -- Law and legislation -- Japan -- Case studies
;
Sex and law -- Japan -- Case studies
;
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Japan -- Case studies
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
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.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
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.
Anmerkung:
Most of the papers in this volume are from a conference held in May 2006 at the University of Chicago
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Description based on print version record
,
Online-Ausg.
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Permalink
