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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
September 2009
Print publication year:
1996
Online ISBN:
9780511528118
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511528118
Series:
Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Subjects:
Law, Political Economy, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, Jurisprudence
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Book description

Employing a rational-choice approach, Professor Ramseyer studies the impact of Japanese law on economic growth in Japan. Toward that end, the author investigates the way law governed various markets and the way that people negotiated contracts within those markets. For much of the period at stake, the Japanese government was an oligarchy rather than a democracy; the judges operated a civil rather than common law regime; the economy grew modestly but erratically; and social customs changed rapidly and radically. As a result, this study applies an economic logic, but to markets in a vastly different world, in a different historical period, and with a different political regime and legal system. Findings reveal that the legal system generally promoted mutually advantageous deals, and that people generally negotiated in ways that shrewdly promoted their private best interests. Whether in the markets for indentured servants, prostitutes, or marriage partners, Odd Markets in Japanese History reports little evidence of either age- or gender- related exploitation.

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"This is a provocative and original book, one well worth reading and thinking about." Pacific Affairs

"J. Mark Ramseyer's Odd Markets in Japanese History is a stimulating, infuriating, and truculent series of essays..." David L. Howell, Monumenta Nipponica

"This is a provocative and original book, one well worth reading and thinking about." Stephan Salzberg, Pacific Affairs

"Viola's book opens a fascinating window on the peasant world....Viola forces us to ask new and different questions about collectivization. Her book will be a starting point for all serious thought on the subject." Book Reviews

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