Gender and law in the Japanese imperium

Author(s)

• Burns, Susan L.
• Brooks, Barbara J.

Bibliographic Information

Gender and law in the Japanese imperium

edited by Susan L. Burns and Barbara J. Brooks

University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2014

• : cloth

Note

Most of the papers in this volume are from a conference held in May 2006 at the University of Chicago

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-289) and index

Contents of Works

• The Maria Luz incident : personal rights and international justice for 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 reconstruction of boundaries / Barbara J. Brooks
• A new perspective on the "name-changing policy" in Korea / Motokazu Matsutani

Details

• NCID: BB14430698
• ISBN:
  • 9780824837150
• LCCN: 2013029036
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Honolulu
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 301 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1236.5.J3
  • DC23 : 305.420952
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women's rights -- Japan -- Case studies -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Domestic relations -- Japan -- Case studies -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Prostitution -- Law and legislation -- Japan -- Case studies -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Sex and law -- Japan -- Case studies -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Japan -- Case studies -- Congresses